US displays a double standard again

The recent remarks of a US spokesman over the Philippines government's provocative activities in the South China Sea reflects the duplicity of the United States.

At the department's daily news briefing, Mark C. Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US Department of State, gave only a vague response when asked a question about Manila's upgrading of a military airport on the Zhongye Island that it seized from China in the 1970s.

Toner refused to criticize the Philippines government's activity, claiming he did not know much about the issue.