Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE
South China Sea
China /  Diplomacy

Could a China-Philippine joint development deal be the way forward in the South China Sea?

An agreement on offshore oil and gas exploration could pave the way for greater cooperation across the disputed waterway, Richard Heydarian writes

Topic |   South China Sea
Richard Heydarian
Richard Heydarian

Updated: 7:27pm, 13 Apr, 2018

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Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (left) gives Chinese Foreign Minster Wang Yi a handwritten letter from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Beijing on March 21. Photo: EPA-EFE
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