President Joe Biden is set to meet President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines as concerns grow about China's harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
as the U.S. looks to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.its navy and coast guard patrols and chasing away fishermen in waters that are close to Philippine shores but that Beijing claims as its own.
The U.S. president last week hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit during which the two leaders introduced new stepsfrom launching an attack on its neighbors. Biden is scheduled to travel to Japan and Australia in May. Increased Chinese harassment of vessels in the South China Sea has added another dimension to the visit. On April 23, journalists from The Associated Press and other outlets were aboard the Philippine coast guard’s BRP Malapascua near Second Thomas Shoalsteaming into the disputed shoal. The Philippines has filed more than 200 diplomatic protests against China since last year, at least 77 since Marcos took office in June.
China claims the self-ruled island as its own. The Philippines, like the U.S., has a “One China” policy that recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations with Taiwan. Marcos has not explicitly said that his country would assist the United States in any armed contingency in Taiwan.
Close U.S.-Philippines relations were not a given when Marcos took office. The son and namesake of the late Philippines strongman had seemed intent on following the path of his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, who pursued closer ties with China.
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