Can China woo the Philippines away from the US?
Video duration 27 minutes 35 seconds
China’s top diplomat visits Manila as it conducts military exercises with Washington.
The Chinese foreign minister has just completed a visit to the Philippines.
It was a meeting between neighbors with a history of not only deep economic ties, but long-running territorial disputes.
Ministers of the two countries have pledged to work together to resolve their differences.
The visit was the latest in a series of high-level meetings between the Philippines, China and the United States, all vying for supremacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
How will the Philippines balance its relations with the two superpowers?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Guests:
Richard Javad Heydarian – Academic and author of books including Asia’s New Battlefield: The USA, China and the fight for the Western Pacific
Gregory Poling – Director of the Southeast Asia Program and the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Andrew Leung – China policy analyst