Local lawmakers are urging the Philippine government to recall its ambassador to Beijing as a strong condemnation of China’s “repeated harassment” of Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea. This came after a Chinese coast guard ship reportedly blasted a water cannon toward a Philippine motorboat delivering supplies to troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal, also known as the Second Thomas Shoal, on Nov. 10. Philippine Sen. Francis Tolentino said in a local radio interview on Nov. 12 that the government should recall its envoy without severing diplomatic relations with communist China or closing the Philippine embassy in Beijing. “We have not done this, but the executive branch, the president, and the Department of Foreign Affairs can make such a decision,” Mr. Tolentino said, according to a translation by The Manila Times....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/philippine-government-urged-to-recall-its-envoy-in-show-of-protest-against-china-5528478