U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday visits the Philippine island of Palawan in the South China Sea, part of a three-day trip to an Asian ally that is central to America's bid to counter China's increasingly assertive stance in the region.
Beijing claims almost all the South China Sea, which is believed to contain massive oil and gas deposits and through which billions of dollars in trade passes each year.on Monday the United States would defend the Philippines if it came under attack in the waterway, reaffirming Washington's "unwavering" commitment to its former colony.
Harris' visit to the Philippines, the highest-level trip to the Philippines by a Biden administration official, is seen as part of Washington's effort to revive ties with Manila, which moved closer to China under former President Rodrigo Duterte. The Philippines has been unable to enforce the ruling and has since filed hundreds of protests over what it calls encroachment and harassment by China's coastguard and its vast fishing fleet.
The vice president will visit a fishing village and tour a Philippine coast guard vessel during her trip, said a U.S. official, on condition of anonymity. A Philippine military commander said the Chinese coastguard ship "forcefully retrieved" the object by cutting a line attaching it to a Philippine boat.
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