[Updated: 740 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. did not personally welcome China’s representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Thursday, Oct. 29. Instead, Defense Undersecretary Ignacio Madriaga received Senior Captain Yang Lei, China’s defense attaché to the Philippines, on his behalf.
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