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Philippines’ Communist Insurgency Heats Up

Philippines’ Communist Insurgency Heats Up

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Nov 29, 2017
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On Nov. 22, the Philippine government officially canceled peace talks with communist rebels, citing a growing series of attacks perpetrated by the New People’s Army, which has staged a long-running and largely ineffective insurgency for nearly 50 years. It may be the only organized communist insurgency left in Asia, after even the Chinese have abandoned…

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