Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro confirmed to reporters Marcos ‌had summoned Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan at 5 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, China's foreign ministry said it summoned Manila's envoy ​to China. The summoning of ambassadors comes a day after the Philippines and China accused each other an encounter in the Second Thomas Shoal of the South China Sea. Advertisement Advertisement"The Philippine side provoked the incident first, yet has turned around and made counter-accusations, distorted ‌the facts and engaged in malicious hype," ⁠the Chinese foreign ministry said. Such diplomatic summons are relatively rare despite frequent tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.