Title:

 Duterte Presidency: Shift In Philippine-China Relations?

Author:

Rommel Banlaoi

Source:

Eurasia Review

Date:

 May 21, 2016

Description:

The rise of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ new president promises to have an impact on the South China Sea dispute between Manila and Beijing. Will he change Manila’s stance towards China or will he be as hardline as his campaign rhetoric suggested?