The Obama administration had done everything it could to internationalize the South China Sea issue and had used the Philippines, a US ally, to advance the American strategy
笏：天子以球玉；诸侯以象；大夫以鱼须文竹；士竹本，象可也。见于天子与射，无说笏，入大庙说笏，非古也。小功不说笏，当事免则说之。既搢必盥，虽有执于朝，弗有盥矣。凡有指画于君前，用笏造，受命于君前，则书于笏，笏毕用也，因饰焉。笏度二尺有六寸，其中博三寸，其杀六分而去一。
"Nowadays, flights connecting Hefei with Incheon in South Korea are available five days a week, and the situation is improving