https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/calls-mount-to-expel-chinese-ambassadorContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/calls-mount-to-expel-chinese-ambassadorhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/calls-mount-to-expel-chinese-ambassador#u147051Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:05:28 +0000Political pressure mounts in the Philippines to expel Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan following escalating diplomatic friction. Ten House lawmakers, including Akbayan party-list Representative Perci Cendaña and Robert Ace Barbers, formally urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to remove the envoy after the Chinese embassy dared lawmakers to declare him persona non grata. The Department of Foreign Affairs summoned Ambassador Jing Quan to protest remarks considered a thinly veiled threat of force and a taunt against Philippine officials regarding the West Philippine Sea. Lawmakers have criticized th