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The Philippines has a vital trade relationship with Beijing, but Washington sees it as a staging ground for potential Taiwan hostilities By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst  Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the president of the Philippines, opened 2023 by making a visit to China. There, 14 bilateral agreements were signed between Manila and Beijing.

The commander-in-chief of Kiev’s armed forces Aleksandr Syrsky has said that he supports the idea of French military instructors being deployed to Ukraine to train local troops. Syrsky wrote in a Telegram post on Monday that he has signed papers allowing the NATO member’s military personnel to visit training centers in Ukraine “soon,” to familiarize themselves…