China denies using force to retrieve rocket debris in South China Sea

MANILA/BEIJING, Nov 21 (Reuters) - China denied on Monday that one of its coastguard ships used force to retrieve a piece of a rocket floating in the ocean that was being towed by a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea.A Philippine military commander said earlier the Chinese coastguard ship "forcefully retrieved" the object by cutting a line attaching it to a Philippine boat.China's foreign ministry…