Philippines remains under threat from China despite Trump-Xi summit, minister says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) The Philippines remains under “severe threat” from China, its defense minister said on Saturday, despite a recent thaw in US-China tensions after the summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping earlier this month. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defense forum, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said it was natural for countries like the United States and China to try to ease tensions because “when they are at parity defense-wise, then there is respect and the capability to adjust because of the depth that both countries have.” – Philippines remains under threat from China despite Trump-Xi summit, minister says