Philippine actions in South China Sea ‘extremely dangerous’ Chinese state media

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On Monday, China’s official media accused the Philippines of regularly intruding on Chinese territory in the South China Sea, disseminating false information, and conspiring with extraterritorial forces to stir trouble. The Philippines has depended on US assistance to repeatedly antagonise China, with such “extremely dangerous” action significantly jeopardising regional peace and stability, the People’s Daily, China’s Communist Party newspaper, stated in a column on Monday. The Philippines’ foreign ministry and a national task force in charge of the South China Sea did not immediately reply to demands for comment on the story on Christmas Day. Tensions between Beijing and Manila...