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Pacific Intent: 'US big brother role not welcome in Philippines'
Thousands of American and Filipino troops have begun annual military exercises near disputed South China Sea waters. Tension between the Philippines and China has been escalating there for the past two weeks. Demonstrators gathered outside the American embassy in Manila in protest at the war games. Peking University Deputy Principal Jiang XueQin says the US only has its own moves in mind in the region.
