China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the Philippines to rein in politicians critical of Beijing, warning that their remarks were crossing China’s “red lines”.
China said Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned his Philippine counterpart in a phone call about alleged interference in relations between the two countries and urged the Philippines to exercise caution in resolving the South China Sea dispute.
Conflict over sovereignty in the South China Sea is rapidly surfacing and taking on the characteristics of a proxy war between the U.S. and China. Tensions are escalating in the East Asian security landscape as China imposed hardline sanctions on prominent anti-China figures in the Philippines, followed by harsh criticism during a phone call between foreign ministers. “Malicious interference cannot be tolerated”… Wang Yi’s direct criticism. Acco…