By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA
DON'T you know that in March 2016, former U.S. President Barack Obama directly warned Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Washington not to reclaim land or build a military outpost at Scarborough Shoal, treating it as a critical red line to prevent a strategic Chinese base close to the Philippines?
The Chinese have huge military outposts in the Spratly Islands and The Paracels all in the South China Sea.
