The war of words between Singapore's ambassador to China and The Global Times over a South China Sea report intensified further after the ambassador wrote a second open letter to the state-owned tabloid.

In a letter addressed to editor-in-chief Hu Xijin's, Singapore's ambassador Stanley Loh has again questioned the creditability of the tabloid on Wednesday.     

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"Global Times did not attend the meetings and had to rely on information from unnamed sources," Loh alleged in the letter.

Loh also said that Hu Xijin's criticism of Singapore's position on South China Sea was "not relevant" with regards to the controversial South China Sea report.   

He pointed out that "Our positions are not identical, but neither are we opposed. So we need to understand each other's position, accept differences, and work towards enlarging shared interests with one another."

Loh alleged anew that the published article was factually inaccurate.

The Global Times has yet to respond to the second letter. However, the newspaper has decided to stand by its story on Tuesday. This, after Loh wrote his first letter to Hu Xijin's on the same day, accusing the tabloid of publishing "irresponsible report replete with fabrications and unfounded allegations with no regard for the facts."   

The controversial article, published on Sept. 21, claimed that Singapore had raised the international tribunal's verdict on South China Sea in the recently concluded NAM summit. It further claimed that Singapore's attempt to embarrass china was foiled by an 'opposing bloc' formed by several countries.

The tabloid said that the story was backed by an unnamed source, which Hu Xijin called "serious and reliable" on newspaper's official micro blogging account.

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