Last week’s trilateral summit at the White House with the prime minister of Japan (Fumio Kishida) and the current president of the Philippines (Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.) and U.S. President Joe Biden, put a spotlight on the emerging defense alliance against China.

Repeated Chinese attacks on Philippine vessels and construction of artificial islands in its territorial waters, due to China claiming the whole of the South China Sea for itself, create a sense of crisis.

But, equally important as a reason, is the Philippines strategic location: south of Taiwan.

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