He (Duterte) certainly believes that China will support him against the critics at home and abroad who will wring their hands over his shift. He presumably has had some assurances from his Chinese hosts that if he commits his cause to them, they will back him to the hilt.
Duterte is a lot smarter than he looks although knowing how fickle Obama is does not require a high IQ. /src on/But hey Obama is pushing the frontiers of LGBT rights across the globe./src off/
Are you siding with Communist China?
I think that the Philippines is going for some kind of cuckold record:
they were colonized by Spain, then by the USA, then by Japan, then by the USA again and now it seems they are eagerly seeking out to be colonized by China.
I believe that would be a world record..?
Don’t go and think I don’t have think Duarte has some legitimate beefs, however.
“Hillary Clinton has swept her debate series with Donald Trump...”
Lost me right there.
I'm sure that China will be glad to support Duterte. All it will cost him are the Spratly Islands and the Scarborough Shoal.