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How the Trump of the Philippines Just Sold Out His Country to China

CHINA SYNDROME

Philippine President Duterte says he’s severing ties to Washington, and ready to be dependent on Beijing—which won’t be criticizing his increasingly bloody rule.

Lennox Samuels
Lennox Samuels
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Lennox Samuels

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