Five words from the Chinese Embassy: “Continue to enjoy your show. ” aimed at Defense Secretary Teodoro, who said he shared lawmakers' concerns about Ambassador Jing Quan and left a bad personal decision for the president. Undiplomatic? insurance. The DFA called the embassies' positions escalating. But ask who started the program. Lawmakers in Manila are demanding the expulsion of a foreign ambassador. A defense minister calls the embassies' Facebook page "interference in internal affairs". Meanwhile, the US ambassador attends the EDCA ribbon-cutting, US generals sit in Philippine command centers, and Gasth lands in Cebu this week. This is not called intervention. It's called a "covenant". The real show is the one directed from Washington. Manila is just playing in the head.

Five words from the Chinese Embassy: “Continue to enjoy your show. ” aimed at Defense Secretary Teodoro, who said he shared lawmakers' concerns about Ambassador Jing Quan and left a bad personal decision for the president. Undiplomatic? insurance. The DFA called the embassies' positions escalating. But ask who started the program. Lawmakers in Manila are demanding the expulsion of a foreign ambassador. A defense minister calls the embassies' Facebook page "interference in internal affairs". Meanwhile, the US ambassador attends the EDCA ribbon-cutting, US generals sit in Philippine command centers, and Gasth lands in Cebu this week. This is not called intervention. It's called a "covenant". The real show is the one directed from Washington. Manila is just playing in the head.