MANILA, Philippines — West Philippine Sea (WPS) experts and advocates warned the public against China’s “propaganda” stunt wherein the Chinese Navy spotted and helped a Filipino fisherman in distress. It was either a move to sanitize its image or a shift in its tactics, according to WPS experts like Rafaela David, who is the lead convenor of a group that led a number of civilian missions to the West Philippine Sea. She dismissed China’s move as a distraction amid bad international press stemming from its years of aggression. “Let’s not be fooled by China’s propaganda,” David, also the Akbayan party […]... Keep on reading: Critics blast China’s WPS ‘propaganda’ stunt praised by ‘DDS’