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China decries Philippine-US base deal

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos inspects a C-130T Special Airborne Mission Installation and Response (Sabir) aircraft, presented by the US government, at Clark Air Base in Pampanga on March 31. (Photo: Presidential Photographers Association via AFP)

BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday that Washington was “endangering regional peace” in a new deal with the Philippines that will result in four additional bases being used by US troops, including one near the disputed South China Sea and another not far from Taiwan.

“Out of self-interest, the US maintains a zero-sum mentality and continues to strengthen its military deployment in the region,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in Beijing.

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