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Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, speaks during a bilateral meeting with Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, second from right, at Department of State in Washington, Friday April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S., Philippines step up strategic partnership as China threats loom in South China Sea

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., second left, attends a trilateral meeting with President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S. to flex alliance with Japan, Philippines with joint patrols, drills near South China Sea

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, greets Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prior to their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, on the sidelines of the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. The first-ever trilateral summit between President Joe Biden, Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. comes as the Philippines faces escalating maritime tension with China over their contested South China Sea claims.(Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China Topic A as Biden welcomes Japanese, Philippine leaders for summits

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida smiles during an interview with foreign media members ahead of an official visit to the United States at the Prime Minister's official residence Friday, April 5, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Kishida, ahead of U.S. trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other partners

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping adjusts his jacket during the closing session of the National People's Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 11, 2024. This year, China's national legislature resumed its annual in-person meetings in a way that it hadn't done since before the pandemic. Though officials say China is back to business, in practice, the meetings have become even more tightly scripted to broadcast Chinese leader Xi Jinping's message, leaving little room for the spontaneity and open engagement the sessions once offered before COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Biden, China’s Xi speak by phone in latest bid to address bilateral tensions

By Bill Gertz and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping at right shakes hands with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Yao Dawei/Xinhua via AP)

Indonesian President-elect Subianto visits China in bid to strengthen ties

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In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard ship, top, tries to block a Philippine government vessel at the disputed South China Sea on Thursday March 21, 2024. Chinese coast guard ships, backed by a military helicopter, tried to dangerously block but failed to stop two Philippine government vessels carrying scientists from reaching two barren sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials said Friday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Marcos threatens ‘countermeasures’ as clashes with China sharpen

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

FILE - Shadows of protesters carrying wooden crosses are reflected on the street as they reenact the sufferings of Jesus Christ during a rally on holy week in Manila, Philippines, on March 27, 2018. A Filipino villager plans to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Filipino villager to be nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this screen grab from video provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water cannons on a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)

Philippines lodges its ‘strongest protest’ against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this screen grab from video provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a Chinese coast guard ship uses water cannons and closely maneuvers beside a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)

Chinese coast guard hits Philippine boat with water cannons in disputed sea, causing injuries

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo shake hands during a joint press conference at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila, Philippines, March March 19, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken underscores ‘ironclad’ support for the Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard ship approaches a Philippine coast guard ship, foreground, causing a minor collision, in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea, slightly injuring four Filipino crewmen in a new confrontation that unfolded as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm over Beijing’s aggression at sea was expected to be raised. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese coast guard ship approaches a Philippine coast guard ship, foreground, causing a minor collision, in the vicinity of Second Thomas Shoal on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea, slightly injuring four Filipino crewmen in a new confrontation that unfolded as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm over Beijing’s aggression at sea was expected to be raised. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Four injured as China, Philippines clash again in South China Sea

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stands with his mother Imelda Marcos, left, and his wife Maria Louise Marcos, right, during his inauguration ceremony to become the country's 17th president at the National Museum in Manila, Philippines, on June 30, 2022. Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the incumbent president and widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, that his mother, who is 94, was suffering from a slight pneumonia and was put on antibiotics by her doctors. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is in the hospital with pneumonia

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The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., addresses the Lowy Institute during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

Philippines urges neighbors to stand together more strongly against China in the South China Sea

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Nikko Remigio catches a ball after NFL football training camp July 28, 2023, in St. Joseph, Mo. Historically, Asian Americans and have been stereotyped as more brains than brawn or "foreigners" not fit for some American sports. Many current and former athletes of Asian American as well as Pacific Islander heritage agreed that such misconceptions have mostly faded. Increasingly, major athletes have been able to amplify their culture on a public stage and be embraced by the public. (AP Photo/Charlie Riede, File)

How Pacific Islander and Asian American athletes in the NFL express their cultural pride

By Terry Tang - Associated Press

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his speech in Davao, southern Philippines late Sunday Jan. 28, 2024. Former President Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Fernando Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office, bringing into the open a long-rumored split between the two.(AP Photo/Manman Dejeto)

Ex-Philippine leader Duterte assails Marcos, accusing him of plotting to expand his grip on power

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video provided by Joely Saligan, Chinese coast guard on rubber boats passes by a Philippine fishing boat at the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines on Jan. 12, 2023. A Filipino fishing boat captain said Tuesday that he asserted Philippine sovereign rights in a tense confrontation with Chinese authorities in the disputed South China Sea in a new spat that is testing efforts by Beijing and Manila to deescalate tensions in a potential Asian flashpoint. (Joely Saligan via AP)

Filipino fisherman to Chinese coast guard in disputed shoal: ‘This is not your territory — Go away’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

FILE - Children wave Danish flags as they celebrate Denmark's Queen Margrethe's birthday, in Fredensborg, Denmark, on April 16, 2021. Norway's top body for international adoptions on Tuesday recommended a halt to all adoptions from abroad for a two-year period pending an investigation into several allegedly illegal cases, while Denmark's sole overseas adoption agency announced it was stopping for the same concerns. (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Norway considers halting overseas adoptions as Denmark’s only international agency winds down work

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock answers questions from reporters at a hotel in Makati, Philippines on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Germany's top diplomat said Thursday that China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea violate the rights of Asian coastal states like the Philippines and threaten freedom of navigation but added that the territorial disputes have to be resolved peacefully because "the world doesn't need another crisis." (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Germany ready to help de-escalate tensions in disputed South China Sea, its foreign minister says

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press