‘Cooperation’ between PH, China coast guards

‘Cooperation’ between PH, China coast guards

A year and a half ago, after the worst incident between the Philippines’ and China’s militaries in the West Philippine Sea, the two countries touched on the “possible resumption” of a Duterte-era arrangement between their coast guards.  Nearly two years later, a memorandum that would operationalize the “possible resumption” is seemingly close to completion, according to Beijing’s new envoy to Manila, Jing Quan. The Philippines’ Department of For…