Recent incidents near Bajo de Masinloc show how West Philippine Sea tensions are evolving. There has been no exchange of fire, no collision, no blockade.
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A Philippine Navy patrol recovered illegal drugs and suspected Chinese rocket debris, showing how drug trafficking in the West Philippine Sea now overlaps with environmental
