MANILA, Philippines---"Any country can say that." National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr.'s said this on Wednesday in response to China's assurance of peace and stability in the South China Sea (SCS), adding that no country will admit to initiating an armed confrontation. "Siyempre sasabihin nila 'we will not fire the first shot'. Who will fire the first shot? Sinong country ang magsasabi nun? Wala naman. Ganun din tayo," Esperon said at the weekly Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum. During the 92nd anniversary celebration of the People's Liberation Army on Monday, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua said China would follow a path of "peaceful develop...
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