Philippine Defense Secretary Responds to China Threat

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Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro considers China his nation's greatest threat, and is teaming up with the U.S., Japan and Australia to push back against aggressive moves in the South China Sea.

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00:00The Philippines defense secretary says Manila and its allies will counter any

00:05attempt by China to impose an air defense zone over the disputed South

00:10China Sea. The Philippines will take a combination of measures singularly and

00:15with like-minded nations to counteract these activities of China. Naturally we

00:23cannot discuss the specific moves but then again that is a very serious

00:30transgression of international law which will demand a response.

00:35Gilberto Teodoro says defense officials have been discussing the possibility

00:40that China may try to restrict aircraft over the strategic waterway that China

00:46claims almost in its entirety. Tensions between China and the Philippines in the

00:51South China Sea have been ramping up over the last two years. This comes amid

00:56recent confrontations between Chinese aircraft and those of the Philippines

01:00Australia and the United States.

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