Philippines’ Duterte Knuckles Under to Kuwait
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…
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