The Philippines on Saturday expressed concern over "escalating tensions" across the Taiwan Strait, while upholding the one-China policy that recognizes the government in Beijing as the sole legitimate government of China.Enrique Manalo, the Philippines' foreign minister, also conveyed to his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang that Manila is taking an independent approach to foreign relations, an implicit way of saying it is siding with neither the United States nor China.Their meeting came after China's recent criticism of the Philippines for interfering in Taiwan's affairs.China's ambassador to …READ FULL ARTICLE
