BEIJING: Chinese state-media accused the Philippines of using the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) group of nations as an “accomplice” in the violation of its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea and warned of a potential “counterstrike”.

The editorial in the overseas edition of the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, came as the Asean was due to meet in Brunei, with disputes in the Sea expected to dominate discussions.

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