China’s efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) should spark fear around the world, President Benigno Aquino 3rd told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.

“Does it engender fear? Yes, I think it should engender fear for the rest of the world,” Aquino said in an exclusive interview at Malacanang Palace in Manila.

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