The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has just concluded a 2-day trip to the Philippines just as its President Ferdinand Marcos Jr admitted that Beijing’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea continue to be a point of contention. Andrea Chloe Wong, a Philippines' political analyst helps us contextualise all this along with a perceived rift between Marcos Jr and his VP Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of the previous president, Rodrigo Duterte.

Image Credit: Office of the President Marcos

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Keith Kam, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories:  government,  international,  politics,  controversies

Tags:  the philippines,  south china sea,