He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.

Long before that year the Romans had had dealings with Mithridates²⁷ but they firmly held to the view that the first of their wars with the king was actually that inaugurated with the Asiatic Vespers and it was to that that they gave the title of First Mithridatic War.

I didn't care about the Instagramability [of the wedding ceremony]. I wanted it to be serious. We focused on our faith and our families.

Tseng-mu Reef is described in Peking publications as the southernmost part of China and within the Nan-sha (Spratly) group of islands.