Forget what Russian-state media says, Kamala Harris’ planned Philippines visit is world’s apart from Nancy Pelosi’s controversial Taiwan trip.
Harris will be the highest-ranking American official to visit Palawan, an island chain that is a few hundred kilometers to the east of the Spratly Islands, a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea.
“China may beef up its defenses in the Spratly Islands following the U.S. vice president's visit to Palawan. Progress in resolving the South China Sea issue deprives the United States of the tools to exert pressure on China.”to Taiwan with Harris’ planned visit to Palawan. The two are apples and oranges.
This includes the Spratly Islands, which also are claimed in part or in whole by six other countries. .The Philippines challenged China’s claims at the international Permanent Court of Arbitration, and in 2016, the court largely found in the Philippines’ favor.
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