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US-China tensions

Flashpoint is South China Sea, not Taiwan, says Philippine envoy to U.S.

Romualdez calls China's Xi 'evasive' on tensions, urges multilateral patrols

Philippine and U.S. aircraft take part in a joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea during November. (Philippine Air Force via Reuters)

WASHINGTON -- The skirmishes between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea could spark a major conflict at "any time," the Philippine ambassador to the U.S. warns.

The South China Sea "is the flashpoint, not Taiwan," Jose Manuel Romualdez told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Thursday. "[If] anything happens in our area, it's like the beginning of another war, world war."

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