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The President of the Philippines, the second largest corona patient in Southeast Asia, has asked China for a vaccine. In doing so, he expressed his intention to end a dispute over the sovereignty over China over the South China Sea. In simple terms, it is about changing vaccines and territories.

This is Jung Joon-hyung.

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Philippine President Duterte made a public announcement during a speech in China to call Chinese President Xi Jinping to request the supply of corona19 vaccine.

[President Duterte/Philippines: If China develops a vaccine, we have asked us to give it to us first (or to President Xi Jinping), so we can bring

out the issue of the South China Sea in dispute with China.

In the sovereignty dispute, the Philippines cannot beat China.

[President Duterte/Philippines: What Can We Do? You have to fight, but you can't afford it. I am willing to accept the situation right now.]

It is read that if China is given a corona vaccine, it can fold the claims of the Philippines over the South China Sea.

The Philippines' corona19 confirmed is the second largest in Southeast Asia with 83,000 people.

It is interpreted that the impatient President Duterte threw a penalty to end the corona crisis.

However, no matter how severe the situation, changing vaccines and territories does not make any sense.

For this reason, there are also reports that the corona vaccine was originally proposed as a sudden remark by President Duterte or a retreat in the territorial dispute.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of course, welcomed and said it would prioritize the Philippines' request for vaccines.

In contrast, the United States, which illegally regulated China's occupation of the South China Sea and pressured it militaryly, was in trouble.

(Video editing: Oh No-young)