Philippines Vows To Fight Against China’s Potential Air Defence Zone Move | Spotlight | N18GThe Philippine defence secretary said his country and its allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defence zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South China Sea. The country’s top defence official Gilberto Teodoro said that China’s increasing aggression in the region remains the greatest threat to the national security of the Philippines. Confrontations over the strategic waterway, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety, have spiked between Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard and Navy forces the recent times. Manila’s assertion of a united front against Chinese expansionism means the unfolding of existing and new defence alliances in the region. Apart from the Philippines’ neighbours, it also implies an even more significant defence role for Japan, Australia and the most important treaty ally of all, the United States.—The Philippines | China | South China Sea | Xi Jinping | Gilberto Teodoro | Philippines China Relations | Firstpost | News Live | World News | Latest News | Global News | International News | News | Trending News#phlippines #philippinedefense #philippinesnews #china #chinanews #xijinping #firstpostspotlight #firstpost #newslive #worldnews #latestnews #globalnews #news #internationalnews #trendingnews
