Flashpoint is South China Sea, not Taiwan, says Philippine envoy to U.S. – Nikkei Asia Feedzy

WASHINGTON — The skirmishes between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea could spark a major conflict at “any time,” the Philippine ambassador to the U.S. warns.

The South China Sea “is the flashpoint, not Taiwan,” Jose Manuel Romualdez told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Thursday. “[If] anything happens in our area, it’s like the beginning of another war, world war.”