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| Subject: Philippine's Lunatic President: no point protesting Chinese island building because it can't be stopped -- fails to apply same logic to drugs Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:38 pm | |
| Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday there was no point protesting Chinese artificial island building in disputed areas of the South China Sea because it could not be stopped.
Duterte made the comments ahead of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit this week, and he confirmed he would not use the event to pressure China on its expansionism in the strategically vital waters.
"It cannot be an issue anymore. It's already there. What would be the purpose also of discussing it if you cannot do anything," Duterte told reporters.
China has been turning reefs and shoals in areas of the sea claimed by the Philippines and other nations into artificial islands, and installing military facilities there.
The United States has criticised the construction work, warning against militarisation in the waterway where $5 trillion in annual trade passes.
China's reclamation has also rattled other claimants, which include ASEAN members Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/35187321/philippines-duterte-says-helpless-against-china/#page1 |
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