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‘China Needs Basic Decency,’ Philippines' Teodoro Publicly SLAMS China's 'Secret Note' Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has publicly confronted China after displaying a handwritten note he said came from a Chinese delegate during the Seoul Defense Dialogue.

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But does any Indian Minister has this much guts ? We are not even clear about what is happening in Arunachal.

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Teodoro talks fantasies !

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