CHINA has assured the Philippines it would not tolerate violations of Filipinos’ fishing rights at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and would apply the law against violators, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Sunday.

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua gave the assurance to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella during a dialogue Friday and to Cayetano himself in an event Saturday night.

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