Philippines humiliates Xi on stage? Teodoro reads Beijing’s South China Sea note, calls out bullying

Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro publicly denounced a note handed to him during the Seoul Defense Dialogue, calling it “actual coercion, bullying and aggression” by China. The note restated Beijing’s rejection of the 2016 South China Sea arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s sweeping “nine-dash line” claims beyond its lawful maritime entitlements.