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Various sectors call for restraint amid recent China-PH exchanges

MANILA, Philippines — As the exchanges between Chinese and Filipino officials heightened in recent weeks, some organizations representing several sectors called for “sobriety, restraint, statesmanship, and renewed diplomatic engagement.” Business, labor, overseas Filipino workers, education, economic, agricultural, and youth organizations pointed out in a statement that the Philippines’ foreign policy has to be “principled yet pragmatic, resolute yet diplomatic, and firmly anchored in the protection of its sovereignty, economic security, and long-term development.” The organizations appealed f

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