China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other countries, Manila's foreign ministry said on Monday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed opposition Monday to the recent remarks made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that the incidents in the South China Sea were ''mere theatre'' supposedly staged under the direction of other nations.
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China's foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at meeting with journalists
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China’s top diplomat blasts Trump tariffs as ‘meeting good with evil’ and worries about a return to ‘the law of the jungle’
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'Major powers should not bully the weak', China foreign minister says
China’s top diplomat didn’t name the United States directly when warning against the return of the “law of the jungle” at a news conference in Beijing, but his meaning was crystal clear.
China’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi, cast his country as a force for peace and order even as Beijing provokes its neighbors and fuels trade tensions.
China is ready to work with ASEAN countries to step up communication, stay clear of disturbances, and build consensus for an early conclusion
China is ready to work with Asean countries to step up communication, stay clear of disturbances, and build consensus for an early conclusion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.
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