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Philippines retains its choices open amid bid to defuse Whitsun Reef row with China – NEWPAPER24

Philippines retains its choices open amid bid to defuse Whitsun Reef row with China
2021-04-08 14:38:22
Manila and Beijing’s row over the massing of Chinese language vessels within the contested South China Sea has plunged bilateral relations into uncharted waters, with each the Philippine defence and overseas affairs departments saying they had been conserving their choices open, and an official floating the opportunity of expelling a Chinese language diplomat.Tensions over the Whitsun Reef within the Spratly Islands, which each China and the Philippines declare, have heightened previously month after greater than 200 Chinese language boats…