Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song
Richard Heydarian
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Richard Heydarian

Duterte heads to Beijing on tide of Philippine dissent over ‘meek and humble’ South China Sea policy

  • Richard Heydarian writes that hawks in Manila are out of patience with president’s ‘kowtowing’ to Beijing over contested waters, but surprised by plans to discuss 2016 tribunal ruling

Richard Heydarian
Richard Heydarian

Updated: 12:17pm, 18 Aug, 2019

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month. Photo: Simon Song
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Richard Heydarian

Richard Heydarian

Richard Heydarian is a Manila-based academic and author of "Asia's New Battlefield: US, China and the Struggle for Western Pacific" and the forthcoming "Duterte's Rise"