The Manila Times•1h ago
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DFA dresses down China’s envoy Jing
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro on Monday summoned Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan to express the Philippines’ strong objection to his public statement which conveyed “a threat of the use of force.” Lazaro told Jing that his Oct. 15 statement, in which he said China could “easily win&r

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