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The USS Fort Worth conducts patrols in international waters of the South China Sea as a PLA(N) guided-missile frigate transits close behind. (Source: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conor Minto/Released)
Sino-Philippine Tensions
After April’s flare-up in tensions between China and the Philippines over the concentration of Chinese maritime militia vessels at Whitsun Reef (Mandarin: Niu’e Jiao; Tagalog: Julian Felipe Reef; Vietnamese: Đá Ba Đầu), Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attempted to reduce tensions with China. Duterte,
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