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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — Cambodia and China on Wednesday broke ground on a Beijing-funded project to revamp a naval base that the US fears is intended for Chinese military use. The Washington Post this week cited unnamed Western officials as saying the new facilities at Cambodia’s Ream base — strategically located on the Gulf of Thailand — were being built for the “exclusive” use of the Chinese navy. Both countries deny […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is planning to construct a naval operating base in Casiguran, Aurora which is near Benham Rise. Lt. Gen. Roberto Tanalgo clarified that the Benham Rise issue is not the reason the AFP is planning to construct the naval base. He said the construction of the naval base was already planned even before the issue started. “We continuously patrol the Benham Rise by […]
