MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): In October 2016, then President Rodrigo Duterte stunned the nation and the international community by announcing the Philippines' split with the United States, doing so no less while on a state visit to China, while giving a speech to incredulous Filipino officials businessmen and ecstatic Chinese counterparts in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
What a difference six years makes.
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