Red State * Wrote:
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> Beijing (AFP) - Philippines' President Rodrigo
> Duterte declared his "separation" from
> longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on
> Thursday, as he rebalances his country's diplomacy
> towards China.
>
> Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as
> confirming his tilt away from Washington and
> towards Beijing's sphere of influence -- and its
> deep pockets.
>
> "I announce my separation from the United States,"
> he said to applause at a meeting in the Chinese
> capital.
>
> "America does not control our lives. Enough
> bullshit," he added in a rambling speech that
> flipped between languages.
>
> "How can you be the most powerful industrial
> country when you owe China and you are not paying
> it?"
>
>
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duterte-meets-xi-philip
> pines-cozies-beijing-044808788.html
If you knew anything about Duterte, you would not be troubled by this. (Frankly, I doubt that you are troubled by it.) He is at the bottom of pile along with Mugabe, Kim Jong Un, and their ilk.