The leaders of China and the Philippines have agreed to "appropriately manage differences" over the situation in the South China Sea "through peaceful means," emphasizing that maritime issues "do not comprise the sum total" of bilateral relations, their joint statement showed Thursday.During their summit talks Wednesday in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed to resume discussions on joint oil and gas development in the South China Sea at an early date and reaffirmed the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the are…READ FULL ARTICLE
