Philippines protests Chinese envoy’s remarks, calling them a ‘thinly veiled threat’
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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his government on Friday protested remarks by China’s ambassador to Manila, calling them “a thinly veiled threat of the use of force” in the latest flare up in the two Asian countries’ longstanding territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may summon China’s ambassador, who appeared to suggest Beijing could easily win a conflict with the Philippines if it used force.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his government on Friday protested remarks by China’s ambassador to Manila, calling them “a thinly veiled threat of the use of force” in the latest flare up in the two Asian countries’ longstanding territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
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