Filipino soldiers ride a barge in Basoc, Batanes on June 29, 2023. Amid increasing geopolitical tension between the US, China, and Taiwan, the Philippines is grappling with the potential fallout.
Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, lies just 140 kilometers from Taiwan, and its proximity could thrust it into the spotlight in case of conflict. (Photo by Ezra Acayan / POOL / AFP)
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