"I will ask the [Philippine] Navy to bring me to the nearest point in South China Sea that is tolerable to them and I will ride a jet ski. I will carry a flag, and when I reach Spratlys, I will erect the Filipino flag," declared Davao City mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, during the Philippine presidential campaign. Not short of machismo, he even dared China, which is locked in territorial disputes with the Philippines, to a boxing match or a gun duel (Suntukan o barilan). The tough-talking provincial mayor, who has leapt from one controversy to the other, was just proclaimed as the Philippines' 16th president. Though only gaining the plurality of votes, the newly-elected Filipino president has been ...
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