This text is extracted from a China Daily newspaper article.
By Chen Qinghong
The Ferdinand Marcos Jr government in the Philippines decided to put forward the previous Rodrigo Duterte adminstration's South China Sea policy in 2023, by making proactive moves that have raised tensions in the region.
True, Philippine President Marcos Jr., acknowledging the position of non-involvement violators, has said that his government will "solve the squalor of Shoal Problem alone," raising hopes that Manila might navigate a different course and respectfully handle the South China disputes. But the shift in the Marcos Jr government's South China Sea policy is more merely a choice of expressions for wrong policies; it is the resurgence of an encore of internal and external conflicts.