(UPDATE) WASHINGTON: The recent spate of aggressive and dangerous maneuvers by China in the West Philippine Sea has been of "great concern" for the United States government, a ranking American official said.

"As I said, we've been watching those tensions with great concern. And, we again urge the PRC (People's Republic of China) to abide by the 2016 ruling," White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said in a briefing at the Philippine embassy here.

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