In a recent television interview, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana stressed the need for the Philippines to balance its relationships with China and the United States where the South China Sea is concerned. That balance, however, becomes difficult to achieve when China keeps intruding into our exclusive economic zone (EEZ). As a country that professes friendship with us, China must stop intruding into our EEZ, like its recent intrusions into the Reed (Recto) Bank. It only gives fodder to certain foreign powers and their lackeys in this country to keep harping on what they say are China’s ill intentions and its continually bullying us.

Arcilla, R. O. (2020, August 18). China must stop intruding into our EEZ. The Manila Times, pp. A6, A7.