BEIJING— China is committed to peaceful development and a defensive policy, and does not pose a threat, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
A prominent Philippine senator said on social media that she has knowledge of a Chinese plan to target her country with hypersonic missiles, though the national security council said it was unaware of any such security threat.
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“I don’t know where the senator got the information,” ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said addressing a query at a regular press briefing.
—Reporting by Mei Mei Chu; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by Christopher Cushing