- 小费迪南德-马科斯总统为菲律宾采取了更加肌肉发达的外交政策方针，恢复了该国与美国的国防关系，并将与中国在南海的领土争端作为优先事项。
- 菲律宾与北京在南中国海有领土争端，马科斯先生也对中国可能入侵台湾表示关切。
- 马科斯先生已经允许美国军方进入菲律宾的四个新的防御基地，而且美国在暂停六年后重新开始了与菲律宾的南海联合巡逻。
- 菲律宾的战略转变正值中美关系处于低谷，美国和菲律宾没有披露美国人将获得的四个新场地，但其中三个是面向台湾的，一个是与南海接壤的。
- 尽管来自中国的愤怒，马尼拉可能在未来几个月内允许美国进入菲律宾各地的更多地点。
- 美国官员说，获得进入菲律宾最北端岛屿的权利对于在附近的台湾受到攻击时反击中国至关重要。
- 新协议还可能对南中国海产生影响，那里有一些世界上最繁忙的航道。
- 苏比克湾是美国未来考虑进入的地点之一，它是亚洲最具战略意义的深水港之一，可以直接进入南中国海以及分隔台湾和菲律宾的航道–巴士海峡。
- Cerberus资本管理公司如何不顾来自中国的竞争而接管苏比克湾船厂的故事，突出了菲律宾人对北京越来越不信任，以及该国对华盛顿的承诺扩大。
- 菲律宾最北端的有人居住的岛屿伊特巴亚特，距离台湾仅有93英里。
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has adopted a more muscular foreign policy approach for the Philippines, restoring the country’s defense ties with the US and prioritizing territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.
- The Philippines has a territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea, and Mr. Marcos has also shared concerns about a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
- Mr. Marcos has granted the US military access to four new defense sites in the Philippines, and the US has restarted its joint patrols of the South China Sea with the Philippines after a six-year suspension.
- The Philippines’ strategy shift comes as US-Chinese relations are at a low point, and the US and the Philippines have not disclosed the four new sites that the Americans will gain access to, but three are facing Taiwan and one is bordering the South China Sea.
- Manila could grant the US access to additional sites across the Philippines in the coming months, despite anger from China.
- American officials say that getting access to the Philippines’ northernmost islands is crucial to countering China in the event of an attack on nearby Taiwan.
- The new agreement could also have implications in the South China Sea, which is home to some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
- Subic Bay is one of the sites being considered for future US military access, and it is one of the most strategic deepwater ports in Asia, with direct access to the South China Sea as well as the Bashi Channel, a waterway separating Taiwan and the Philippines.
- The story of how Cerberus Capital Management took over the Subic Bay shipyard despite competition from China highlights the growing distrust among the Filipinos toward Beijing and the country’s expanded commitment to Washington.
- The Philippines’ northernmost inhabited island, Itbayat, is just 93 miles away from Taiwan.
链接：With an Eye on China, Philippines Moves Closer to U.S. Interests - The New York Times