MANILA — The Philippines on Tuesday (April 2) said its national security adviser and his US counterpart discussed 'coercive, aggressive and deceptive actions' by Beijing in the South China Sea, as a diplomatic row intensifies between the two Asian neighbours.
Philippines and US top security officials discuss China's 'coercive, aggressive' actions, Manila says
The phone call on Monday was on the heels of a series of maritime run-ins and heated verbal exchanges between China and the Philippines that has triggered concern about an escalation at sea. China claims almost the entire South China Sea as its territory, policed by an armada of coastguard vessels, some more than 1,000 km away from its mainland. China has maintained its responses have been appropriate in the face of Philippine encroachment.
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