President Rodrigo Duterte's rare rebuke of China over its aggressiveness in the South China Sea showed that he was "comfortable enough" to do this as the two countries now have "closer ties," Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. "I interpret it as even a closer relationship because the closer you are, the more you can tell each other your feelings," the top diplomat said at the sidelines of a migration forum in Manila on Wednesday evening. On Tuesday, Duterte, who earlier refused to criticize China as he wanted to nurture closer ties, said he hoped China would "temper" its behavior in the South China Sea and its claim to airspace above its fortified islands was "wron...
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