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