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How Manila is doubling down on Beijing

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There&#x27;s been much talk on the prospects of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) in the midst of a recalibration of the country&#x27;s foreign policy.This week, President Rodrigo Duterte has upped the ante yet again over a bid for weapons and confusion over a supposed weapons depot.Historian Manolo Quezon joins Mornings@ANC on Wednesday to weigh in on Manila&#x27;s propaganda coup against Beijing by rejecting an offer of missiles from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he came to the country for an official visit and asking for precision-guided weapons from China during a late-night press conference by Duterte.&quot;Beijing was right; Tokyo has been burned, and the reporting by Japanese media suggests they fully understand the President has cast his lot with Beijing,&quot; he said.&quot;Washington was wrong, and the result was the public slapping of our military establishment late Sunday night,&quot; he added.

Historian Manolo Quezon joins Mornings@ANC on Wednesday to weigh in on Manila's propaganda coup against Beijing.

Historian Manolo Quezon joins Mornings@ANC on Wednesday to weigh in on Manila's propaganda coup against Beijing.