Philippines calls for expelling Chinese diplomats as South China Sea row escalates By Reuters

By Karen LemaMANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ national security adviser called on Friday for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in a significant escalation of a bitter row over the South China Sea. China’s embassy in Manila had orchestrated “repeated acts of engaging and dissemination of disinformation, misinformation and…