Washington's attempt to thwart maritime peace blatant

Before the ink had dried on the peaceful, humanitarian agreement China and the Philippines signed on July 21 to end the confrontations over their maritime disputes in the South China Sea, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin descended on Manila to pressure President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to maintain control over Ren'ai Jiao, which is part of China's Nansha Islands.

A day after Beijing and Manila signed the agreement, Blinken announced that he would travel to Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia between July 25 and Aug 3 to reaffirm the work of the United States with its allies and partners in the "Indo-Pacific" region.

US maintains wrong perception