China, PH assess ties as sea row deepens

by Associated Press - Agence France-Presse - Franco Jose C. Baroña - Bernadette E. Tamayo

Mar 24, 2023 12:54 am

SENIOR Chinese and Filipino diplomats met in Manila on Thursday to review their relations amid thorny issues, including Beijing's alarm over a Philippine decision to allow the United States military to expand its presence to a northern region facing the Taiwan Strait and escalating spats in the disputed South China Sea.

Theresa Lazaro (L), Philippines' Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and Asian Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs, shakes hands with China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong prior to the start of the Philippines-China Foreign Ministry consultation meeting in Manila on March 23, 2023. TED ALJIBE / POOL / AFP

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