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Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

South China Morning Post

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Will China’s marine reserve gambit push the Philippines to breaking point?

Will China’s marine reserve gambit push the Philippines to breaking point?

China’s plan to designate the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea as a national marine nature reserve has drawn strong objections from...

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

What Duterte’s arrest means for Philippine politics – and its global standing

The ex-president’s transfer to ICC risks custody transforming him and his family into political martyrs and stoking civil unrest.

15.03.2025 30

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

How provincial ties can deepen Asean-China relations

Such a bottom-up strategy provides alternative channels to sustain ties amid the storms in top-level bilateral relations.

22.02.2025 40

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii

Why the Philippines should rethink its South China Sea name-and-shame game

Manila’s transparency strategy to expose Beijing’s transgressions has paid off, to an extent. But it won’t change China’s behaviour.

25.08.2024 4

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Lucio Blanco Pitlo Iii