View from Manila: This time, Alyansa bets make China an election issue

View from Manila: This time, Alyansa bets make China an election issue

MANILA, Philippines – There was a time in the senatorial campaign for the May 12 polls when only President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would dare make China an election issue. Before a hometown crowd in Ilocos Norte and then in Davao del Norte in early February, Marcos asked: Would you vote for candidates who clapped as the Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Navy were bombarded with water cannons? Do you want to go back to a time when Philippine lea…