On September 18, a Philippine vessel made an extremely dangerous maneuver, cutting across the bow of a China Coast Guard vessel in the waters near Xianbin Reef of China’s Nansha Islands, resulting in a collision. Behind the Philippines’ continued and deliberate provocations, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has often been a driving force. In pursuit of advantages for his family’s business interests and to build political capital for a future presidential bid, he has gone so far as to drag the Philippines into confrontation.

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