Gibo snubs China at ADMM-Plus

Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism. CHINA REPRESENTATIVE. China Defence Attache Senior Captain Yang Lei arrives for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting at Mactan Expo in Cebu on October 29, 2026. It was but a bit of drama in what is usually a predictable ritual in any meeting under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As China’s representative to the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting made his way down a short red carpet walk at the Mactan Expo in Lapu-Lapu City, the camera panned to show the Philippines’ representative. Then a handshake and a quick pause for the cameras.