Neighbors engaging in a word war doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve already burned bridges.

A Malacañang spokesman on Monday said Manila continues to have “good [and] positive relations” with its affluent neighbor China despite the two sides having been embroiled in a territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

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