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A controversial report about an alleged campaign by the US military to discredit the effectiveness of China’s Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines at the height of Covid-19 has led to condemnations and demands for an investigation by Filipino government officials.
The Philippines has imposed an additional requirement for Chinese tourists applying for visas amid Beijing’s implementation of a controversial anti-trespassing regulation in the South China Sea.
Opposition and fishermen groups in the Philippines destroyed a cardboard effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping outside Beijing’s consulate in Manila on Friday in a protest on the eve of a new regulation allowing the Chinese coastguard to detain foreigners over trespassing in the South China Sea.
Analysts warn China’s aggressive moves in the region, including its detention policy, could escalate into armed conflict as Beijing continues to push a strategy designed to provoke other nations “to be the first to fire”.
Analysts say the moves align with both Wellington and Tokyo’s broader strategic interests of ensuring regional stability and safeguarding their own security concerns. However, they also warn that it could provoke a reaction from Beijing, potentially escalating military aggression and diplomatic tensions in the region.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
Last year, China was the biggest importer of goods into the Philippines with a total value of US$29.4 billion, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The Philippines exported almost US$11 billion of goods to China over the same year, indicating that the Southeast Asian country ran a trade deficit of about US$18 billion with its neighbour.
In the bill he filed late last month, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called for the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) sector to be outlawed, citing a proliferation of human trafficking cases and online scams.