Philippines China pivot to come under rising pressure
Chinese actions in the Philippine and South China Seas are straining President Duterte’s new China policy
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- Duterte takes the helm
- Scarborough Shoal
- Benham Rise
- Presidential response
- Prior awareness
- No problem
- Naval response
- New building
- Political problems
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_350.jpg "A fisherman preparing to fish at disputed Scarborough Shoal at the shore of the village of Cato in Infanta, Philippines (Reuters/Erik De Castro)")