Title:

 Two High-Risk Outcomes Of The New China-Philippines Alliance

Author:

Ralph Jennings

Source:

Forbes

Date:

 October 20, 2016

Description:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on a state visit to Beijing this week he was severing military and economic aid from the United States, a staunch supporter of seven decades. He asked at a business forum Thursday to be “dependent” on China for “a long time” and pledged realignment into China’s “ideological flow.” Duterte had said a lot of that before but said it louder this time, perhaps for the ears of his hosts.