China reacts to Philippine outburst

Updated May 4 2021 - 7:34pm, first published 7:32pm
Philippines FM Teodoro Locsin used expletives to demand Chinese vessels leave disputed waters.
Philippines FM Teodoro Locsin used expletives to demand Chinese vessels leave disputed waters.

China has urged the Philippines to observe "basic etiquette" and drop megaphone diplomacy after the southeast Asian nation's foreign minister used an expletive-laced tweet to demand China's vessels leave disputed waters.

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