Call for nations to take stand on island dispute slammed

Beijing on Monday slammed Manila's call for other countries to take a stand on China in the lingering dispute over China's Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.

Filipino Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Sunday urged other nations to "take a stand" on China's latest move in the Huangyan Island dispute. Del Rosario even urged related nations to consider "what China is endeavoring to do".

The secretary on Monday claimed that China poses a "larger threat to many nations" in an interview with ABS-CBN, a Filipino television network.