China no threat to PH – DFA

China is not a threat to the Philippines despite its reported continuous fortification of its artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said.

“The Chinese is not a military threat to us although we still keep our alliance with the United States and we respect that alliance but it doesn’t mean that we have the same enemies,” Cayetano told reporters after attending the ASEAN Mayors Forum at Shangri-la hotel in Taguig City.