The Philippines does not want to go to war but will never order its vessels to withdraw from contested areas, the country’s president said following yet another coastguard encounter with China near Scarborough Shoal.
Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Monday that he was also perplexed about a Chinese foreign ministry warning that he was “playing with fire” after he suggested last week during a visit to India that his country would “have to get involved” if a conflict between Beijing and Washington…
