Introduction

This is a special episode of the china g o politics podcast. You'll hear two interviews, which i hope will help you understand the importance of the nation made up of more than seven thousand islands and adjoining body of water known by its government as the west philippine sea. Just three weeks ago, china announced a band on all fishing in the waters west of the philippines and east of vet nam,. A stretch of water about 500 kilometers wide - one of the most strategically crucial stretches of ocean. And then one week later, the filippino people delivered a most historic election result, creating what looks like an authoritarian dynasty like no other.