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        "msgid": "rp-china-renew-war-of-words-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-01-28 00:00:00",
        "title": "RP, China renew war of words",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "RP, China renew war of words MANILA (AFP): A war of words flared anew on Thursday between the Philippines and China over a South China Sea shoal as Manila prepared to launch joint military exercises with the United States aimed at bolstering defense ties. The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest over the presence of two Chinese fishing boats on Scarborough Shoal, just 128 nautical miles west of its main island of Luzon.",
        "content": "<p>RP, China renew war of words<\/p>\n<p>MANILA (AFP): A war of words flared anew on Thursday between<br>\nthe Philippines and China over a South China Sea shoal as Manila<br>\nprepared to launch joint military exercises with the United<br>\nStates aimed at bolstering defense ties.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest over the presence<br>\nof two Chinese fishing boats on Scarborough Shoal, just 128<br>\nnautical miles west of its main island of Luzon. Beijing retorted<br>\nwith a warning against creating any new \"trouble\" in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Filipino troops on Wednesday boarded the vessels and ordered<br>\nthem out, Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said. The navy also<br>\ndiscovered dynamite sticks and blasting caps -- both banned under<br>\nPhilippine fishing laws -- on one boat, and soft corals on both<br>\nvessels.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Undersecretary Lauro Baja said the foreign office<br>\ndelivered a \"note verbale\" to the Chinese Embassy voicing its<br>\n\"strong\" protest and \"serious concern\", but felt it was not<br>\nnecessary to call Chinese Ambassador Fu Ying to the ministry.<\/p>",
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