(Eagle News) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (March 22) denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Panatag)  in the South China Sea, even as it stressed how it placed “great importance on China-Philippine relations.” China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the reports on the media about this were simply “not true.” “I want to say, China places great importance on […]