In the Philippines, Who is the Real Duterte?

Oct 18, 2016

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be in China from Oct.18 to Oct. 21 to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, yet another polarizing action as he moves beyond his 100-day honeymoon as the nation’s chief executive.

Using a combination of bluster, brutality and vulgarity to espouse domestic and international policies that have veered wildly in di…

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