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(Opinion) Philippines' New Leader Has a Chance to Adjust South China Sea Policies

2016-05-24 08:42:03       source:China-US Focus

By Su Xiaohui

 

May 23, 2016

 

"Recently, Philippines conducted its national elections. The country's Commission on Elections announced a historic 81.62% voter turnout, as Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte broke President Benigno Aquino III's record of votes garnered in 2010 and has become the presumptive president-elect.

 

Besides his administrative record, characteristics of personality, governing philosophies and private-life gossips, media coverage has focused on Duterte's designs of his future foreign policies. Western opinion attaches particular importance to his views towards the Philippines-China relationship and the two countries' potential interaction on South China Sea issue."

 

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http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/philippines-new-leader-has-a-chance-to-adjust-south-china-sea-policies/

 

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