EU’s US$17 million maritime aid for Philippines targets Asian ‘fault lines’

The Bottom Line

PLAYING BOTH SIDES LIKE A PRO / 10

These laowai think they can just waltz in here and buy influence with a few million bucks, please, we've seen more convincing performances at a Shanghai teahouse, the Philippines is just playing both sides like a good little zhuangyuan, and the EU is getting played like a erhu at a Beijing funeral