Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said the incident involving a Chinese air asset in Bajo de Masinloc demonstrates China’s disregard for international law, dependability, and reliability. “They have not been a credible citizen of the world, so to speak, and that’s the Chinese Communist Party. Their expansionism, their disregard of safety, and their disregard of the rights, particularly of smaller states, is now patent and for the world to see,” Teodoro told reporters at Wallace Air Station in San Fernando City, La Union.

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