A CHINESE official downplayed an editorial from an influential state newspaper of a potential war in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

China’s state-run Global Daily on Tuesday said Beijing should prepare for military confrontation as the July 12 tribunal ruling on an arbitration case poses threat to the country’s sovereignty.

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