President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is not inclined to declare any foreign diplomat persona non grata, according to Palace press officer Claire Castro. That includes Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan, whose recent statements about winning a confrontation in the West Philippine Sea have stirred calls for his removal. Castro spoke on Monday as the Senate prepared to take up a resolution pressing for exactly that step. She framed the President's position as a choice to leave diplomatic channels open. The administration would rather keep talking with Beijing than escalate over a comment, even a provocative one. The divide between the Palace and the Senate on how to handle the ambassador is now out in the open.