Philippines Pushes back as China narrative on Batanes Grows 
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RECAP: Asia Sentinel Stories for August 2026 
By: Tita C. Valderama
The Philippines is pushing back against what it sees as a creeping Chinese campaign to rewrite the history of Batanes, a string of islands and the country’s northern most province, with the aim of one day challenging Manila’s sovereignty over the strategic islands.
From an academic symposium to a state-run Chinese newspaper, assertio…
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