Philippines ups stakes in South China Sea dispute
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said his nation would not be cowed into submission after 'constant attacks' by the Chinese coastguard. Also: The new test that could detect early signs of motor neurone disease, and the author of The Gruffalo on the book's enduring popularity after 25 years.
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| 0:21.0 | The Filipino President promises countermeasures |
| 0:24.5 | over what he describes as China's dangerous attacks |
| 0:27.9 | in the South China Sea. |
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| 0:54.4 | are to be successful with therapies. A new test that could detect early signs of the |
| 0:59.7 | disease. China and the Philippines have long been at loggerheads over the South China Sea, |
| 1:09.4 | but after recent confrontations in which Filipino troops have been injured and vessels |
| 1:13.9 | damaged, the president of the Philippines has said his country will not be cowed |
| 1:18.3 | into silence. In what seems to be a further escalation of their dispute, |
| 1:23.4 | Ferdinand Markos Jr. pledged to take countermeasures against Beijing. |
| 1:28.3 | China, which claims almost the entire sea as its own, |
| 1:31.5 | responded by suggesting the Philippines is to blame for the |
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