Malacañang on Friday said the Philippines would not give up an inch of its territory to China, clarifying that President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that he was indebted to China because of its vaccine donations does not mean the country is surrendering its West Philippine Sea (WPS) claim to the Asian superpower. “It is in connection with his promise that we will not lose any territory while he is the president,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said in a virtual media briefing.

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