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Title:
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Taiwan says China air force conducts long-range drills
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Author:
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Reporting by J.R. Wu in Taipei and Michael Martina in Beijing; Additional reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo in Tokyo; Editing by Robert Birsel and Sam Holmes
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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December 11, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese military aircraft on Saturday flew over waterways near Taiwan as part of long-range exercises, Taiwan said, the first such flights since a telephone call between Taiwan's leader and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump irked China.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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Japan Should Reconsider Joining AIIB
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Author:
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Pengqiao Lu
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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December 10, 2016
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Description:
- Should Japan join the China-led multilateral financial initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)? The question arises whenever the bank welcomes important new members – Britain, Germany, France, and Italy last year and, most recently, Canada. Despite China’s courting and Japan’s intense domestic debates, Tokyo, along with Washington, has been holding out and betting on a rival initiative – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – to maintain its role in regional economic cooperation.
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Title:
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Duterte set to visit Cambodia, Singapore
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Author:
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Christina Mendez
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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December 10, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - President Duterte is set to visit Cambodia next week, with the South China Sea likely to be on the agenda in his meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
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Title:
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Why Did a Philippine Warship Visit Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Bay?
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Author:
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Prashanth Parameswaran
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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December 8, 2016
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Description:
- A Philippine warship arrived at a key port facility in Vietnam this week as part of a four-day visit to the country, a reminder of the ongoing collaboration in the maritime space between the two Southeast Asian strategic partners.
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Title:
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Vietnam begins dredging on South China Sea reef
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Author:
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SBS
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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December 8, 2016
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Description:
- Activity visible on Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands could anger Hanoi's main South China Sea rival, Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the group and most of the resource-rich sea.
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Title:
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President-Elect Donald Trump to Unravel the Strategic Rebalancing to Asia?
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Author:
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Renato Cruz De Castro
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Source:
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BusinessWorld
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Date:
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December 7, 2016
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Description:
- DURING HIS LAST trip to Southeast Asia as the President of the United States, President Barack Obama made an emphatic defense of his “strategic rebalancing policy,” dismissing critics who doubted America’s long-term role in the region. A significant component of the strategic rebalancing policy to Asia is the reassertion of US economic leadership in the region through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Pact, an initiative of the George W. Bush administration in 2008 that became a priority of the Obama administration.
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Title:
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Duterte's Most Recent Move In South China Sea Will Strain China-Philippine Relations Again
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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December 7, 2016
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Description:
- China and the Philippines have warmed to each other since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in Manila. In October the president of five months visited Beijing where China pledged $24 billion in aid and both agreed later to discuss how they might work together on a sticky maritime dispute. That dispute, over control of a resource-rich South China Sea tract, had pushed relations to a brink between 2012 through mid-2016. Duterte’s predecessor took China to the world arbitration court, which ruled in July against the Beijing basis for claiming nearly the whole 3.5 million-square-km (1.4 million-square-mile) South China Sea including parts overlapping Manila’s standard 370-km (200 nautical-mile) exclusive economic zone.
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Title:
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Trump backs PH drug war–Duterte
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Author:
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Leila B. Salaverria
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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December 4, 2016
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Description:
- President Duterte’s unrelenting war on drugs that has left thousands dead was being pursued the “right way,” US President-elect Donald Trump said in an “animated” phone conversation that also signaled a warming of bilateral ties chilled by the Filipino leader’s anti-American stance.
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Title:
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Palace sees better US ties
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Author:
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Jeannette I. Andrade, Leila B. Salaverria
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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December 3, 2016
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Description:
- Malacañang is looking forward to better relations with the United States with the arrival of its new ambassador to the Philippines, Korean-born Sung Kim.
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Title:
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Philippine-US military exercises to be reduced next year
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 23, 2016
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Description:
- Gen. Ricardo Visaya, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said Wednesday that five military exercises with the United States, including at least two major naval drills, will be scrapped next year at the direction of President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Title:
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China, Russia embrace set as PH creates trade focus teams
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Author:
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Amy R. Remo
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 22, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines is moving to bolster its pivot to China and Russia with the creation of joint economic commissions (JECs), aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and investment ties in key areas particularly the agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors
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Title:
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China is no longer ruining their livelihoods, but these Filipino fishermen aren't entirely grateful
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Author:
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Ana P. Santos
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Source:
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Los Angeles Times
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Date:
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November 21, 2016
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Description:
- Efren Forones jumped from his chair when he saw the news report on TV. Boats were coming back from Scarborough Shoal. Fishermen were wading through shallow waters carrying buckets spilling over with fish.
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Title:
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Putin formally invites Duterte to visit Russia
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Author:
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Inquirer.net
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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November 20, 2016
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Description:
- Russian president Vladimir Putin extends his invitation to President Duterte to visit his country in a move to foster solid relations between Manila and Moscow.
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Title:
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Duterte talks to Putin about distrust with US, hypocrisy of the West
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Author:
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DJ Yap
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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November 20, 2016
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Description:
- LIMA, Peru — Sparks flew at the first meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and his idol Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders’ Meeting here with Mr. Duterte wasting no time in complaining about the West to the Russian leader.
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Title:
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Duterte meets China's Xi, Russia's Putin during APEC summit
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Author:
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DVM, GMA News
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Source:
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/589484/news/nation/duterte-meets-china-s-xi-russia-s-putin-during-apec-summit
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Date:
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November 20, 2016
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte met with People's Republic of China President Xi Jinping and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin early Sunday morning (PHL time) during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru.
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Title:
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Xi, Duterte agree to further improve ties, boost cooperation
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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November 20, 2016
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Description:
- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, met in Lima Saturday and pledged to further promote bilateral ties and strive for more cooperation fruits.
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Title:
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Largest PH island in Spratlys to get P450-M port
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Author:
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Yas Ocampo
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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November 19, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines will build a P450-million port in the Pag-asa island, an island in the disputed Spratly islands in the West Philippine Sea, amid better ties with Asian neighbors with claims to the territories, especially China.
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Title:
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China's Xi presses Philippines, Vietnam to keep South China Sea issues bilateral
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Author:
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Reporting by Paul Carsten; Editing by Kim Coghill
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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November 19, 2016
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Description:
- China's President Xi Jinping, in separate meetings with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the South China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported on Sunday.
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Title:
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US, Philippine special forces to hold joint war drills
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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November 16, 2016
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Description:
- US and Philippine special forces will begin annual combat exercises on Wednesday in a sign such joint drills are continuing despite vocal opposition by the Philippine president.
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Title:
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Analysis: ASEAN: Duterte’s China Move
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Author:
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Kavi Chongkittavorn
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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November 15, 2016
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Description:
- BANGKOK (Reporting ASEAN) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte knows the strategic value of his country very well. Since he came to power in July after a landslide election victory, he has been playing high-octane power politics – something that has been absent in Southeast Asia for decades.