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The Philippines Finds Itself Trapped Between Surging Trump And Rising China Tensions
MANILA, Philippines — Last month, China’s coast guard attacked Filipino troops with axes and knives, ramming vessels on a routine mission to resupply a Philippine outpost on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea and severing the thumb of one sailor. A …