Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced that his country and the United States began joint maritime and air patrols on Nov. 21, Channel News Asia reported the same day. The three-day joint patrol began off the island of Mavulis, the Philippines' northernmost point just 100 km (62 miles) from Taiwan's coast, and will then travel southwestward into the South China Sea.
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