Title:

 PHILIPPINES’ RODRIGO DUTERTE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS, WHY ISN’T CHINA PLAYING BALL?

Author:

DEBASISH ROY CHOWDHURY

Source:

South China Morning Post

Date:

May 20, 2018

Description:

President Rodrigo Duterte is at sea again, navigating through unceasing Chinese militarisation off his shores on the one hand and growing domestic demand to assert the Philippines’ sovereignty on the other, even as he seeks friendlier relations with the Asian giant.