President Duterte: China Threatened War If We Drill For Oil In South China Sea

[Swordsmyth]

China’s President Xi Jinping had warned Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that the Chinese would go to war if the Philippines were to drill for oil in a disputed area in the South China Sea, Duterte said in a speech on Friday.
According to Reuters, Duterte shared in the speech some of the details of his discussion with Xi on the South China Sea issue earlier this week.

More at:
http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-Ne...China-Sea.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-so...-idUSKCN18F1DJ

[merkelstan]

Not that it's any of my business but the islands look kind of close to the Philippines and relatively far from China. BUt i guess china claims everyting inside the red dotted line?

[Swordsmyth]

Not that it's any of my business but the islands look kind of close to the Philippines and relatively far from China. BUt i guess china claims everyting inside the red dotted line?

China owns what China wants is how they see it I guess.
They are making a lot of enemies in the region though, it may come back to bite them.

[merkelstan]

By the way, I've been searching for south china sea and all the top results are the big mainstream media sites.

This didn't used to be this way.