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Tag Archives: Philippines and China
MACK WILLIAMS. Duterte plays the China card
Not surprisingly, President Duterte is proving more than a handful for US policy makers on the eve of his major state visit to China. If he achieves many of the ambitious goals set for the visit , Duterte will … Continue reading
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MACK WILLIAMS. Here we go again: Julie Bishop and Duterte!
Foreign Minister Bishop’s not so gentle rebuke of President Duterte that the Philippines as a claimant state should pull its weight in the South China Sea eerily had all the elements of the earlier Australian approach to the acrimonious … Continue reading