The Philippines’ president is betting big on a trip to China, but he may be overplaying his hand
Christopher Woody
’ ’”We’ll see how popular he is in the next round, when it’s made clear that he probably doesn’t get a deal from China,” Poling and ”that he might very well drive a wedge between the Philippines and its only treaty ally.
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