In a statement Sunday, Herman Tiu Laurel, president of the Manila-based think tank Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI), said the flurry of military drills the Philippines has been having with the United States and Japan is part of the US containment policy against China and a vestige of “Cold War” geopolitics.
Laurel said the joint Philippine-Vietnam coast guard training is ironic for Manila since Hanoi is “the most aggressive though furtive competitor in the South China Sea claims.”
“Vietnam is the only claimant to the Spratly Islands group that has viciously seized by stealthy force a Philippine Marine-occupied island in the Spratlys,” he said.
He said Vietnam has occupied 25 islands and features in the Spratlys and “continues aggressively to shore up and expand existing bases and facilities.”
The Philippines occupies nine Spratly Islands and features, and China seven, Laurel said.
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Herman “Ka Mentong” Tiu Laurel
Herman “Ka Mentong” Tiu Laurel is a broadcast journalist and the President of Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute.
He is hosting the live stream program Opinyon Online every Wednesday 6PM-8PM and Unfinished Revolution every Sunday 8AM to 10AM on his personal Facebook page Herman Laurel (fb.com/hermantiulaurel) and the Global Talk News Radio Facebook page (fb.com/globaltalknewsradio).
He was the host of the radio and live stream program Sulo ng Pilipino on DZRJ 810AM. He is a former columnist of Daily Tribune (INFOWARS and DIE HARD III; Mondays and Wednesday) and OpinYon (Consumers’ Demand!, Critic’s Critic, and People’s Struggle; weekly). He hosted Talk News TV and Journeys: Chronicles of our Asian Century, both on Global News Network.
He was also the former Administrator of the Philippine Refugee Processing Center (PRPC; now called the Bataan Technology Park, Inc.) during the administration of Corazon C. Aquino.
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