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As anti-Americanism rises ...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NE08Ae01.html
Grassroots Filipino suspicions are rising about America's ultimate intentions for the country, a former US colony and major military outpost, as Manila and Washington forge closer strategic ties to counterbalance China's expanding regional influence and growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. Local groups have accused US troops of abuses against civilians in pursuit of its global war on terror, while politicians warn the Philippines risks becoming a proxy theater in the intensifying competition between the US and China for regional preeminence.
The Filipinos don't want their country to be a US Lapdog.