Monday's surprise meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Rodrigo Duterte was a bid to rally support in the Philippines for a friendlier China policy as Manila moves closer to Washington, according to analysts. During their talks in Beijing on Monday, Xi urged former Philippine president Duterte to "play an important role in the friendly cooperation between the two countries". Xi said Duterte - known for his pro-China approach - had made a "strategic choice" to improve ties with Beijing wh
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At a forum in Washington, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte ‘focused very much on enforcement’ in its war on drugs