Rodrigo Duterte blasted the US but played down his shift towards China as the outspoken Philippine president sent mixed messages on a visit to Japan.
Addressing an audience of Japanese executives — among the biggest investors in the Philippines — Mr Duterte repeated his threat to break off defence agreements with the US and expel foreign troops from the archipelago.
But he said his visit to China last week, where he announced the Philippines’ “separation” from the US, signalled an independent foreign policy rather than a new alliance with Beijing.
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