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Envoy says China could ‘easily win’ conflict as Manila claims it is ‘thinly veiled threat’
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Manila has called for diplomatic restraint in response to suggestions from the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines that Beijing could “easily win” a military showdown in the region but had instead chosen peace. The war of words comes amid rising tension over the Scarborough Shoal in the South Chin
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Envoy says China could ‘easily win’ conflict as Manila claims it is ‘thinly veiled threat’
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