(UPDATES) THE Philippines will "stand our ground" in a dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Friday, eight years after an international ruling against China in the territorial contest.

Tensions over the strategic waterway, a key passage for seaborne trade, have soared in the past 18 months following a series of escalating confrontations between Philippine and Chinese ships.

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