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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

Published Mon, Oct 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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.

"It's only China (that) can help us,"…

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