00:00Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said that the illegal actions of China in our territory
00:06is the reason for the Philippines to continue to protect its rights and sovereignty.
00:13Kalihim expressed his condolences to the Hoover Institution Battlegrounds.
00:18Kalihim said that what China is doing in the Philippines is a forced seizure of our rights
00:24and sovereign rights in our Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:26This includes the illegal activities of China in the West Philippine Sea
00:30where the Chinese Maritime Forces are still operating.
00:34Beijing is also changing its narrative on the situation
00:37and is trying to influence other countries not to join the Philippines.
00:42Teodoro added that if there is anything that China should be blamed for,
00:46it is because the Philippines is defending its rights.
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