Beijing — China on April 18 summoned a top Philippine diplomat and expressed concern over the “harassment” of Chinese fishing boats in disputed waters in the South China Sea as a maritime standoff rumbled on.
The countries have traded barbs for more than a week over a territorial dispute that centers on a disputed shoal not far from the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, and has increased tensions in the region.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said April 18 that Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying had summoned the charge d’affaires of the Philippine embassy on April 15 and 17 to lodge representations over the row.
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