WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — Over the past three years, the Philippines has experienced an escalation of confrontations with China in the West Philippine Sea, ranging from deliberate sideswiping to repeated firing of water cannons. Less than a year after the start of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the government marked a sharp departure from the
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