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Duterte Yields to Reality on South China Sea

Facing criticism at home over China stance, Philippines’ president asks for UN help

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Philip Bowring
Sep 24, 2020
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President Rodrigo Duterte’s September 23 appeal for international backing for the 2016 Court of Arbitration backing for the Philippines against China on South China Sea issues has surprised the world and delighted at least some of his critics at home – those more concerned with the sea than human rights issues.

It was an unusually subdued and even digni…

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