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@PCOOGOV PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte sees no need to use force against Chinese maritime militias occupying a Philippine-claimed reef in the South China Sea, according to his spokesman. “The President’s position is we will stand by our rights, but this is not something that requires our use of force,” presidential spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr. told an online news briefing in Filipino on Monday. A national task force overseeing border disputes with China earlier said Beijing had refused to leave Whitsun Reef despite a diplomatic protest filed by Manila. Mr. Duterte thinks the sea dispute could be resolved through peaceful...
