It was an attack by China, not just a misunderstanding or mere incident

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First word SOMEDAY, the 17th of June 2024 could be marked as the day of rupture in Philippine-China relations. I won't go so far as to liken it to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, which brought the United States into World War II and thereafter settled the outcome of the war. The danger is that the date may be treated as just another day in the story of our bilateral relations, no more significant than another. And we could lose grip and comprehension of what truly took place in the confrontation on that day between...