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- China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs banned Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and his family from China, Hong Kong, Macau.
- Ambassador Jing Quan told Manila Beijing could win a conflict with the Philippines but would not use force.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. protested the ambassador’s remarks as a thinly veiled threat to use force.
- Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. called China a “troublemaker” at a Manila forum on October 15, 2026.