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A raid on a printing press in this city revealed a rebel society with the initials KKK, the Katipunan. In the 16th century, a Chinatown was built in this city’s (10[1])Binondo district, away from its walled center of Intramuros. Silver (10[1])bound for China (10[2])was transported between Acapulco (10[1])and this Asian city, (10[2])plied by this city’s namesake galleons. In 1898, (10[1])a mock battle was staged to seize this city without allowing Emiliano Aguinaldo’s (10[1])troops to occupy it. (10[1])Shortly before that, George Dewey beat a Spanish fleet in a bay named for this city, now the second-biggest (10[1])in Luzon. For 10 points, name this Southeast Asian city which the US captured in the Spanish-American War, the capital of the Philippines. ■END■

ANSWER: Manila
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