View from Manila: Propaganda masters? China drags Teodoro, Año in latest Ayungin narrative

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View from Manila: Propaganda masters? China drags Teodoro, Año in latest Ayungin narrative

MANILA, Philippines – The latest from China in its continuing narrative on the Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) is that no less than Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año had entered into an “internal understanding” and a “new model” with Beijing to keep the peace in the shoal. But Teodoro and Año branded this as mere propaganda. Over the weekend, anonymous Chinese or foreign officials spoke with Fil…