A depressing feature of the Duterte administration in the Philippines is big talk and muscle-flexing followed by rapid retreat in the face of real opposition. The man who once promised to jet-ski to the Scarborough Shoal to protect from Chinese development was soon kowtowing to Beijing over every issue involving Philippine sovereignty in the South China…
Philippines’ Duterte Knuckles Under to Kuwait
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