China appreciates President Digong’s pronouncement that the country will not go to war over Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal which, based on the ruling of The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, is a part of the Philippines. China doesn’t want to go to war either, according to two big-time mainland Chinese investors who were in Manila for several days. War is the last thing on the minds of Chinese leaders, the investors said.

Tulfo, R. (2016, August 4). China prefers peace with PH. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.