Finding itself in a territorial dispute with powerful China without one warship to call its own, the Philippine government heaved a sigh of relief, on Wednesday, after China declared it would not use force to settle the controversy in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
“The statement from the Chinese foreign ministry is very optimistic. It’s good that we heard (the foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei) say that they are not going to resort to the use of force,” Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in Wednesday’s news briefing in Malacañang. [ FULL STORY ]
