Hindi Ito Marites: Easing tensions between the Philippines and China
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The maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing doesn't have to define the totality of bilateral ties
A resolution to the West Philippine Sea dispute is nowhere on the horizon, but does this really have to drive a wedge into ties between the Philippines and China?
University of the Philippines political science professor Enrico Gloria, with a graduate degree from Beijing’s Tsinghua University, doesn’t think so. He tells Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug: it’s a matter of delicate but determined diplomacy. – Rappler.com
Presenter, writer: Marites Vitug
Videographer: Leone Requilman
Video editor: Franz Lawrence de Castro
Graphics artist: David Castuciano, Sam Calleja
Producer: JC Gotinga
Supervising producer: Beth Frondoso
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