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Title:
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Philippines Leader to End Joint Military Exercises, Naval Patrols With U.S.
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Author:
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Cris Larano
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Source:
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The Wall Street Journal
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Date:
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September 29, 2016
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Description:
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said joint military exercises scheduled for October between the Philippines and the U.S. will be the last for the longtime allies, as he seeks to avoid upsetting China, with which he hopes to build stronger trade and investment ties.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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Duterte gov’t readies fund to join China-led AIIB
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Author:
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Ben O. de Vera
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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September 28, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines is ready to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), with allocation in the proposed 2017 national budget for the paid-up capital contribution needed to become a member.
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PH-China ties improving ‘beautifully’ under Duterte—Chinese envoy
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Author:
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Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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September 28, 2016
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Description:
- Relations between China and the Philippines are improving “beautifully” under President Rodrigo Duterte, Beijing’s envoy has said as Duterte warms to China and Russia following US criticism of his bloody war on crime.
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Title:
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US concerned over Philippines' sea row agenda, says Yasay
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Author:
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Camille Diola
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 27, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — United States officials were concerned over the Philippines' next steps on the dispute over the South China Sea, but the Philippines is not keen on discussions with other parties besides China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday.
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Headlines ( Leaderboard Top ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Chinese ships harass Filipino fishers in Panatag
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 27, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Chinese Coast Guard ships harassed Filipino fishermen in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off Zambales recently despite calls by President Rodrigo Duterte for China to allow fishing in the area, which is in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone.
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Title:
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Duterte's 'cross the Rubicon' remark does not equate to cutting US ties, says Yasay
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Author:
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Levi A. So
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 27, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte's "cross the Rubicon" statement does not mean that the Philippines is veering away from its traditional friendship with the United States.
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Title:
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Philippine envoy's China trip on hold till "proper time"
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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September 27, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A visit to China by a Philippine special envoy tasked with rebuilding tattered ties with Beijing has been cancelled, his aides said on Tuesday, the latest turn in a foreign policy increasingly unpredictable under the new president.
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Title:
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If 92% of Filipinos ‘like’ the US, who will follow DU30?
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Author:
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Francisco Tatad
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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September 26, 2016
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Description:
- The American geopolitical analyst Robert D. Kaplan calls it Asia’s “cauldron.” Nations sitting within and around this cauldron have a duty to keep it from boiling. Cooperation, not belligerence or confrontation, should inform their relations with each other, given their competing national interests and territorial claims. Allies of the United States, China’s neighbors from the very beginning, know that their alliance rests on the US as the dominant Pacific and world military power; they should not undermine it, as the late Bavarian statesman Franz Josef Strauss (1915-88) used to say; neither should they seek to maintain it by taking an unduly aggressive stance against China as the secondary power. This is the specific case of the Philippines.
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Title:
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Philippines' Duterte wants to 'open alliances' with Russia, China
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Author:
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Erik de Castro
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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September 26, 2016
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Description:
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open alliances" with two powers with historic rivalries with the United States.
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Title:
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How to Spark a War in Asia
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Author:
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Ted Galen Carpenter
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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September 24, 2016
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Description:
- A major challenge for a great power is preventing allies and client states from creating unwanted security crises. No matter how close or friendly an ally might be, it has its own policy agenda, and that agenda may differ from that of its great power protector. Failure to rein in a client can be calamitous. Serbia’s pursuit of a stridently nationalist parochial agenda against Austria-Hungary in the years before World War I, for example, was a major factor in eventually entangling its patron, Russia, in the conflict.
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Philippines tells world not to interfere in Duterte drugs war
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Author:
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David Brunnstrom
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Source:
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Business Insider
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Date:
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September 24, 2016
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Description:
- UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an "unprecedented" mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime.
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Title:
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Prospect of Philippine Thaw Slows China’s Plans in South China Sea
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Author:
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Jane Perlez
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Source:
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The New York Times
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Date:
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September 24, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — China’s next big target for construction of an artificial island in the South China Sea has long been assumed to be a cluster of rocks poking above sapphire waters near the Philippines.
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Title:
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Philippines seeks Duterte visits to Japan, China next month
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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September 23, 2016
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Description:
- Diplomats in the Philippines are in talks with counterparts in Japan and China to arrange visits by controversial President Rodrigo Duterte at the end of next month, officials in Manila said on Friday.
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Title:
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Duterte on S&P rating: China, Russia are waiting for me
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 22, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines -- I don’t care. This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s reaction to credit rater Standard & Poor’s assessment that predictability in policymaking – one of the considerations in making investment decisions – diminished under his administration.
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Title:
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What if America leaves the Philippines alone?
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Author:
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Atty. Josephus Jimienez
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 22, 2016
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Description:
- Reflecting deeply on the current anti-American pronouncements made by our president, it is our considered view, with all due respect, that such an impulsive stance may not be sustainable in the long run. Whatever emotional expressions of irritation, passing spite or momentary anger manifested relative to the alleged US criticism of our domestic anti-drug campaign, whatever misunderstanding we have for the moment should not become the defining factor of our foreign policy. Yes, an independent foreign policy is not only the right thing to opt for, but even an imperative principle of a sovereign nation. But in choosing that option, do we have to break a long-standing friendship with our closest treaty ally?
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Title:
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Is Philippine President Duterte a threat to the peace in Southeast Asia?
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Author:
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John Ciorciari
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Source:
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The Conversation
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Date:
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September 22, 2016
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Description:
- U.S. efforts to promote peace and stability in the South China Sea are facing a new challenge. This time, the difficulty comes not from China but from the leader of a U.S. treaty ally – President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.
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Title:
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Duterte: You'll see me more often in China
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Author:
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Pia Ranada
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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September 22, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – During a speech devoted largely to castigating the European Union, United States, and United Nations, President Rodrigo Duterte said he will likely be seen visiting China more often. "You will see me more often in China," said Duterte on Thursday, September 22, during a speech at a new Misamis Oriental power plant.
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Title:
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Taiwan asks Google to blur images of South China Sea island
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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September 22, 2016
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Description:
- TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's defense ministry has asked Google to blur images of a new development believed to be for military use on a disputed South China Sea island.
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Title:
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Duterte only ordered ’window shopping’ for weapons in China–Visaya
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Author:
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Maila Ager
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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September 21, 2016
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Description:
- There was no order from President Rodrigo Duterte to buy weaponry from China but only to go “window shopping” there, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya said on Wednesday.
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Title:
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Beyond an Independent Foreign Policy for the Philippines
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Author:
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Victor Manhit
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Source:
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Business World Online
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Date:
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September 21, 2016
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Description:
- For several months now, President Duterte has indicated that he would improve the Philippines’ relations with China and reduce his predecessor’s enthusiasm for the United States. To borrow a phrase from Washington, Duterte is “rebalancing” the country’s foreign policy. More than a simple warming of ties, his overtures have even extended to offering to buy Chinese-made weapons for the military.