At today’s Seoul Defense Dialogue 2026 held in Seoul, South Korea, when Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro was answering an audience question, someone from the CCP handed him a note “stating China’s position.” As a result, the Philippine Defense Secretary took the note and refuted it point by point in an impromptu speech. From news.com.au
He’s at some international governance conference (sorry, I’m not informed in all the context) and the note basically scolded him for taking part in a prior vote that went against Chinese interests, and boldly ranted about how China will never accept this outcome blah blah. He boldly read the whole note and commented that no shit they won’t accept it, “because you lost.” He then called out the behavior as brazen corruption, flouting the broad authority of the international community, and called on everyone in the room to condemn it. The room applauded.