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China accuses Philippines of setting up ‘obstacles’ to attending Asean defence meeting

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South China Morning Post – China
“China accuses Philippines of setting up ‘obstacles’ to attending Asean defence meeting”

China has accused the Philippines of setting up “numerous obstacles” to attending a meeting with defence ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and of violating “basic diplomatic protocols”. The row, which follows years of tension over the two countries’ competing claims to the South China Sea, saw Beijing sending its defence attache to the meeting in Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines – the lowest-ranking Chinese representative at the event since it was first held in 2010. “The...

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