President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to the Chinese government to allow Filipino fishermen to fish in the waters “in peace.”

He made the statement amid escalating tensions between China and Philippines due to the lingering presence and activities of Chinese vessels within the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea.

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