Marcos says Philippines ‘resigned’ to managing South China Sea dispute

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his country is focused on managing its long-running South China Sea dispute with Beijing and avoiding dangerous escalation. He expressed doubt that the dispute can be resolved, emphasizing prevention of miscalculation.

The Philippines is “resigned” to managing its long-standing dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea and avoiding dangerous escalations, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Thursday. At the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore, Marcos said: “I don’t know if we can find a resolution to the problem, but we are resigned to just being able to manage the problem, so that we do not have mistakes, we do not have misinterpretations. “My greatest fear is that some seaman, some soldier, just...