The coast guards of the Philippines and China are back at negotiating “open communication lines” in order to prevent dangerous encounters in the West Philippine Sea. A previous attempt at such rapprochement fell through, and it wasn’t the Philippines’ fault.
Amid dangerous encounters out on the water, Philippine authorities called an agreed-upon hotline made precisely for such moments — but no one was picking up in Beijing.
Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug has the rest of the story. – Rappler.com
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