it's in gone and philippine for an affair. secretary enrique manella, meeting for the 1st time on saturday in manila, the chinese foreign minister also paying a courtesy call on philippine president ferdinand marcus junior. now this is all happening against a backdrop of rising tensions between the philippines and china, with china, not being happy about the philippines, giving access to the u. s. mil military to for more of its basis. 2 of them very close to taiwan. now, the latest of which our remarks from the chinese ambassador to manila last week, he said, or he advised the philippines to unequivocally oppose high want independence. if the philippines genuinely cares for the 150000 filipinos living and working in taiwan, or the narrow filipinos and public officials that taking this to well with some demanding the expulsion of the chinese ambassador. but in the opening remarks of both of both the foreign ministers of both countries, the language was very diplomatic with both sides. saying that the sum of the relationship between china and the philippines isn't just a territorial dispute