China ‘loves peace’ but could ‘easily win’ confrontation with Philippines – ambassador

Hong Kong Free Press · 2026/10/16 上午2:30:02

China’s ambassador to Manila has said Beijing could “easily win” a conflict with the Philippines, though it would never choose force, comments the archipelago nation said could be read as a “thinly veiled threat”. Beijing claims most of the South China Sea despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis, and Philippine and […]