From Asia Times
''While United States troops mounted joint military exercises with their Filipino counterparts in an annual show of force in the Philippines held as part of the two sides' Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), civil society groups staged the largest anti-American protest here in nearly a decade.
Grassroots Filipino suspicions are rising about America's ultimate intentions for the country, a former US colony and major military outpost, as Manila and Washington forge closer strategic ties to counterbalance China's expanding regional influence and growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.''
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