MANILA -- China's vice foreign minister on Friday told his Philippine counterpart that sticking to "good neighborliness" is "the only right path" to developing bilateral ties as tensions escalate in the South China Sea.
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China touts 'good neighborliness' as Philippines tensions rise
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Theresa Lazaro, the Philippines' undersecretary for bilateral relations and ASEAN affairs, speaks while China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong listens during a meeting on the South China Sea in Manila on March 24. © Reuters
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