Duterte shifts foreign policy focus to China with 4-day visit
He heads to Beijing on Tuesday with hundreds of businessmen and is expected to announce billion-dollar deals
Manila
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to hold military exercises with China but not long-time ally the United States, Chinese media reported on Monday, on the eve of his state visit.
Mr Duterte heads to Beijing on Tuesday for a four-day trip that appears set to cement his dramatic foreign policy tilt away from US, which he has railed against for criticising his deadly war on crime.
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