The Philippine foreign minister on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced Twitter message that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over the South China Sea. Read More…

Teodoro Locsin, the Philippines' secretary of foreign affairs, speaks during an interview in Manila, the Philippines, on Thursday, May 16, 2019. The U.S. is projecting ???strategic confusion??? in the South China Sea, Locsin said, prompting the Southeast Asian nation to deepen its ties with China. Photographer: Carlo Gabuco/Bloomberg