WASHINGTON, D.C.: Three of Beijing’s outposts on contested West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers, a US think tank reported Thursday.

Malacañang on Friday reiterated President Rodrigo Duterte’s “non-combative” position on territorial disputes between the Philippines and China, in reaction to the report of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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