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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 14: China’s largest naval training ship arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday (June 14) for a four-day goodwill visit.The giant training vessel, Qi Jiguang which left Brunei last Thursday docked at the Port of Manila as part of a 40-day trip, which included stops in Vietnam and Thailand before Brunei.The ship was carrying a banner reading “Even mountains and Oceans cannot separate people with shared goals and vision”According to Chinese authorities Qi Jiguang and its crew of 476 navy students and officers would have passed through the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand, and West Pacific at the end of the trip.The ship’s visit comes amid tensions with the Philippines’ neighbors over the South China Sea, which China mostly claims but parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, and the Philippines.On June 6, China urged the US, UK, and Australia to shelve their nuclear submarine cooperation, terming the plan an "act of nuclear proliferation."At a weekly briefing, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin called on the troika "to heed the concerns of the international community and stop acts of nuclear proliferation such as their nuclear submarine cooperation," state-run Xinhua News reported.The US's commitment to the Philippines' security is "ironclad" amid mounting tensions with China, President Joe Biden said on May 1 as he hosted his Philippine counterpart."We are facing new challenges, and I can't think of a better partner to have than you," Biden said alongside President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during brief remarks in the Oval Office before the leaders went into closed-door meetings. (Footage by Dante Dennis Diosina Jr II/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)