President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy'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 close to Philippine shores but which Beijing claims as its own.
The U.S. president hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a state visit last week in which the two leaders introduced new stepsfrom launching an attack on neighbors. Biden is scheduled to travel to Japan and Australia in May. Increased Chinese harassment of vessels in the South China Sea have added another dimension to the visit. On April 23, journalists from AP 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.
Before Marcos took office last year, Kurt Campbell, coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs on the White House National Security Council, acknowledged thatcould present “challenges” to the relationship with Marcos Jr. It was an oblique reference to long-standing litigation in the United States against the estate of his father, Ferdinand Marcos.
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