in november, us vice president commer harris visited manila and asked to expand the us military presence in the country. and this issue has very much anger. katrina you out there in beijing for insights, doing well, let's take a closer look at the maritime dispute that katrina mentioned. just the china claims, nearly the hi at south china sea as its territorial waters. but 6 other countries including the philippines dispute. this in 2016, the hague, ruled in favor of the philippines, and against paging assertion that owns the vast maritime area, manila had taken legal action against china, accusing it of unlawfully reclaiming land in waters around the sprightly islands. the area is estimated to have trillions of dollars worth of oil and gas under it. c bad. ah, that's bringing our guests now. and in beijing, andy mach, senior research fellow at the center for china and at globalization. in manila marie says, be took as to at large with the news website wrapper and author of rock solid. how the philippines, one it's maritime case against china and in columbia. east on oh, senior director