Philippine president says killing of a Filipino in South China Sea clash would be ‘very close’ to act of war
Should a Filipino citizen be killed in the South China Sea via an incident with the Chinese Coast Guard, it would "almost certainly" be a red line, according to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Marcos was delivering the keynote at the Shangri-La address in Singapore when he was asked a question if a "red line" would be crossed if Chinese Coast Guard water cannons killed a Filipino sailor, and under what circumstances would the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty be invoked. The presiden
