LuzonMarcos to summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan over 'use of force' remark
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday he will summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan, who had said China could easily win if it used force but would not do so, GMA News and Rappler reported. "It sounds very much to me like a threat," Marcos said. The Department of Foreign Affairs earlier called the remark a poor choice of words, while the Chinese Embassy accused the DFA of selective quoting, according to Philstar.
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- ABS-CBN News — Marcos: China ‘use of force’ remark sounds ‘very much like a threat’
- The Manila Times — DFA calls out Chinese envoy over ‘veiled threat’ against Philippines
- GMA News — Philippines calls out Chinese envoy over 'use of force' remark
- Rappler — DFA admonishes China envoy over ‘thinly veiled threat on use of force’
- GMA News — Marcos to summon Chinese envoy over 'use of force' remark
- The Manila Times — Marcos to summon Chinese ambassador over 'threat' to 'use force'
- Philstar — Marcos: Chinese ambassador's force remark ‘sounds very much like a threat’
- Rappler — Marcos to summon China envoy over use of force ‘threat’