What Happened
Beijing May Reassert Itself In Asia Pacific Amid Reduced Military Drills
The Philippines has warned that China may reassert itself in the Asia Pacific amid recent cuts to the joint US-South Korea military drills. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro stated that China is quick to exploit gaps and that the US has given ‘definite assurances’ that its commitments to the Philippines remain unchanged. The US, South Korea, and Japan are set to hold trilateral military drills, which North Korea has slammed as a ‘reckless show of strength’. This development was reported by Al Jazeera.