President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday shrugged off a Chinese state media commentary calling him “ignorant” and an “amateurish politician.”

Speaking to reporters, Aquino defended his statements in an interview with The New York Times, wherein he likened the Philippines’ situation to that of Czechoslovakia’s during World War II.

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