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Could joint oil and gas projects help ease Beijing and Manila’s South China Sea tensions?

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

China and the Philippines have been urged to resume joint South China Sea energy exploration as a way of easing tensions in the disputed waters. A joint report by Chinese and Philippine analysts also said the two countries should work together in other “low-sensitivity” areas such as marine environmental protection and combating crime at sea. The report, published on Monday by the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies think tank, said the relationship between the two countries was at a...

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