Signing of new military agreement between the United States and the Philippines

The United States and the Philippines say they have signed a new military pact that they hope will preserve peace and freedom in the Indo-Pacific region.

But the main point of the deal is that the US will be able to monitor Chinese activities in the South China Sea and around Taiwan from four military bases in the Philippines.

The Philippines was the only loophole in the anti-China ring that the US-led coalition is trying to create, from South Korea in the north and Japan to Australia in the south.

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Two potential flashpoints of potential conflict between Chinese and US forces – Taiwan and the South China Sea – border the Philippine Islands.

Two potential flashpoints of potential conflict between Chinese and US forces – Taiwan and the South China Sea – border the Philippine Islands.

Now the deal will give US troops greater access to military bases in the Philippines and for the first time in three decades, large numbers of American troops will return to their flash-point colony, the Philippines.