You go Marcos. You show the 300lb bully that you aren't scared of them (especially since you have your own 300lb, semi-bully backing you up).
I suspect China will escalate with bluster & rhetoric. Philippines should return in kind (measured & proportional). Otherwise, China will just run over all those countries contesting the Spratleys area.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66913554
Quote:
The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats entering a contested area in the South China Sea.
The Philippines coast guard said it had been instructed to do so by President Ferdinand Marcos Junior.
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