THE Philippines and Taiwan are locked in a new diplomatic row, this time over the deployment of Philippine naval ships to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Spratly Group of Islands.

In a statement, Taiwan government said its foreign ministry “expresses its serious concern and firm opposition over the Philippines’ dispatch of naval vessels” to Ayunging.

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