Muscle-flexing by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea will have a negative effect on managing maritime disputes, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, as the Philippines and the US began a two-day joint drill in the region.
China Says It Will Not Sit Idly by Philippines' Provocative Acts at Sea China will not sit idly by while the Philippines takes provocative actions in the South China Sea, said Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday vowed not to turn a blind eye toward the Philippines' repeated provocations and harassment, and demanded that the US immediately stop interfering in the South China Sea issue.