MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Sunday dared lawmakers to act on their threat to declare China's Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan persona non grata, saying it has grown tired of such repeated warnings.
"Some anti-China politicians talked about declaring the Chinese ambassador persona non grata. Over the past 30 years, anti-China forces have been repeatedly doing the same thing to threaten our embassy. We are fed up with these old and low tricks," the embassy said in a statement on Facebook.
"If they really want to do something, do it quickly and immediately please," it added.
The embassy said that it would not welcome lawmakers calling for the ouster of the ambassador to China.
"While diplomacy is based on reciprocity, we will not welcome them to China. Simple and fair enough," it said.
