Philippine Communist Rebels Point Guns at Chinese Firms


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Go to Article Communist guerrillas in the Philippines have trained their sights on Chinese state-owned firms building infrastructure and military bases in the country, projects which have the backing of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has ordered its military wing, the New People’s Army, to target seven Chinese military bases under construction in the West Philippines Sea (the eastern parts of the South China Sea that are part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone). The CPP claim the projects violate Philippine sovereignty and destroy marine resources within its exclusive economic zone, according to a statement....