Philippines warns China towards ‘acts of struggle’

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China to not cross a pink line within the South China Sea, the place a standoff between the nations continues to escalate.

If any Filipino died on account of China’s wilful actions, he stated, the Philippines would contemplate it as near “an act of struggle” and reply accordingly.

Mr Marcos was talking at a safety discussion board in Singapore attended by defence chiefs from world wide, together with the US and China.

In response, a Chinese language army spokesman accused the Philippines of “deflecting the blame on China” and “smearing and…