{"id":15899,"date":"2013-07-31T04:07:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T04:07:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-31T04:07:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T04:07:30","slug":"Is-the-US-spying-on-China-so-says-the-Philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15899","title":{"rendered":"Is the US spying on China? so says the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Philippines said Wednesday that US spy planes were providing crucial intelligence on Chinese military activities in disputed areas of the South China Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Navy P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft frequently fly over areas that the Philippines says are within its legal territory but where China has deployed military vessels, said Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>China claims nearly all of the sea, even waters close to the Philippines and other neighbors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysts have long warned that China&#8217;s overlapping claims with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan<\/strong> could be a flashpoint of armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have risen in recent years as China has adopted more aggressive diplomatic and military tactics to assert its claims to the potentially resource-rich waters.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines has repeatedly called on the United States, its former colonial master and close military ally, for help in resisting China.<\/p>\n<p>While the United States insists it will not take sides in the South China Sea dispute, it has helped to upgrade the Philippines&#8217; military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the spy plane surveillance on China may jar with the United States&#8217; insistence of neutrality in the maritime dispute, del Rosario emphasized the close US-Philippine ties.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out the allies had a mutual defense treaty, which calls on each party to help the other in times of external aggression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He also said the 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