Back in Brisbane to defend my reputation on the handball court with a few Melbourne Dogshots. A great day with class 5GW and 5SW at West End State School.
@SenatorWong https://t.co/jBy3aDdtyE We are too soft the mighty Philippines 🇵🇭 who is the underdog is showing the way. China 🇨🇳 has us screwed financially and they know it and are using it to do coercive behaviour 💯
“I’M NOT AN ACTOR, SO I DON’T KNOW THEATRICS.”
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday fired back at China after its Foreign Ministry described his remarks as “provocations and theatrics” following an incident during the Seoul Defense Dialogue, where he was handed a note stating Beijing’s position on the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award.
Teodoro then questioned what he described as more theatrical conduct, pointing to past statements by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Panganiban or Mischief Reef.
“What’s more theatrical than Wang Yi saying that Mischief Reef was for peaceful purposes and they would never militarize the island?” Teodoro told reporters on the sidelines of the Manila Strategy Forum in Parañaque City. @ABSCBNNews
#Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, who has repeatedly made political stunts, again staged a spectacle out of a note at a forum in Seoul, using it to smear and attack #China. A Chinese expert said that Teodoro's stunt over the written note at the Seoul Defense Dialogue should not be viewed in isolation, but rather against the broader backdrop of his series of political provocations involving maritime and China-related issues in recent years. https://t.co/hoTSInjzhj
@ChineseEmbinUS what a fuck up in Seoul, the Filipinos are the nicest people on the planet but you keep trying to fuck them over in their own territory. Pull your head in otherwise it will be cut off, you may not fire the first shot but we will fire the last.
🔴Chinese Military official who passed a note to Philippine defence Chief mid-speech gets schooled
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Nothing hits China harder than a smaller nation speaking to them in the only language they understand.
Philippine rocks!!!
These guys refused to take China's bullying.
MAHIYA NAMAN KAYO | Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. responded to a note from the Chinese side during the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2026 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
#DNDPHL#DiKaPasisiil#SDD2026
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro accused China of coercion, bullying and aggression after being handed a note from a Chinese military attache at a Seoul forum. The note rejected a 2016 ruling that found Beijing’s sweeping South China Sea claims had no legal basis.
"I'm absolutely not taking away from what you've achieved. So proud of you.
"But my message is really clear. We need to get better."
The coach ✊ Head inside the post-game team meeting with Josh Fraser for his message to the playing group.