AfuangFormer policeman turned activist Abner Afuang on Thursday burned a Chinese flag in front of the National Press Club in Manila in protest against China's aggressiveness in the disputed Spratly islands.

The Philippines said would soon ask the United States for more military equipment and training to build its defenses, as it faces Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed waters.

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