“We are neighbors that cannot be moved away and have every reason to live together peacefully,” Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said during the Chinese Embassy’s celebration of its 73rd National Day via Zoom. READ:
“We are neighbors that cannot be moved away and have every reason to live together peacefully,” he said during the Chinese Embassy’s celebration of its 73Mr. Huang said it was necessary to properly handle differences to remove interference from China-Philippine relations.
On Friday while on an official trip to the United States, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said China is “claiming territory that belongs to the Philippines,” referring to the West Philippine Sea. “We have also made it very clear to our friends in Beijing that this is the way we feel about it,” he added.
The South China Sea, a key global shipping route, is subject to overlapping territorial claims involving the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam and China. Each year, trillions of dollars of trade flow through the sea, which is also rich in fish and gas.
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