China on Wednesday condemned remarks by the Philippine defense chief about China, labeling these as "baseless accusations" that "maliciously attacked" China's ruling Communist Party.
Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday that the Philippines has the right to let the deployment of a US missile system in the country despite China's continued objection to it, according to Philippine media.
China's embassy in Manila said in a statement that Teodoro's remarks were "filled with ideological bias, factional confrontation, cold war mentality".
It urged Manila to quickly withdraw its deployment of the mid-range U.S. Typhon missile system.
The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Teodoro said he was responding to a Chinese government spokesperson's opposition to the missile deployment, according to Philippine media.
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