US Troop Expansion Near Taiwan Revives Old Debate in Philippines
- American troops ‘are not welcome,’ one key governor says
- Military ties with US progressing rapidly amid China tensions
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It’s been more than three decades since the Philippines ordered US troops to withdraw from their sprawling military bases in the country, ending an era that hearkened back to America’s colonial days.
Now the man overseeing the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority — once home to the US’s biggest naval base in Asia — wants them back.