MANILA: The Philippines chided China for its “insecurity” over its claim to the South China Sea, after a Beijing-based tabloid dubbed the country a “cute little submissive” of the United States.
The response from President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman Edwin Lacierda came after the Global Times newspaper featured an editorial on Tuesday saying it was “laughable” imagining Philippine personnel “stumbling after US forces”.
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