At the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue, the Philippine defense secretary reportedly left the venue through the hotel's back-of-house kitchen area to avoid questions from Chinese journalists. After its failed provocations against China's sovereignty over the South China Sea, the Philippine side sought to portray itself as the victim and promote what China views as a false narrative at the forum, which explains why it evaded follow-up questions from Chinese media on the core issues in the first place.

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