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Despite the dry academic title, a pretty good backgrounder.

http://www.newmandala.org/duterte-banks-beijing-political-gain/

In the post Snowden era people not observing proper infosec have no one to blame but themselves regardless of country of residence.

http://eff.org/

Balanced and well researched article from The Atlantic. Enjoy.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/11/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-china-united-states/506108/

RK, the reality is, in fact, Duterte isn't going anywhere save a bullet or stroke.

He rode into power on a wave of nationalistic populism and continues to milk it for all he is worth. He has an...

Hello RK, I respect your personal opinions. I am not here to say that I have a monopoly on wisdom. We all know and acknowledge we foriegners have zero input on the politics of RP.

In a sense you...

The last refuge of the right wing extremist. Cry bias when you don't hear what suits you? I realise that going against the groupthink comes at a cost but the constant derogatory remarks concerning me...

Why does a civilian police force suddenly need an additional twenty six thousand military assault rifles?

The point was another example of your hero further ramping up anti US / anti West...

Oh dear, god will not be happy! 😀.

"Hindi ako nag-ano ng Amerikano. Sabi nila, na you should be thankful na bigyan ng armas. 'T*ng*and*. Fifty years, kayo ang nakinabang sa aking bayan. Lahat ng...

ROK's not happy with state sanctioned murder either:

Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the prime ministerial center for anti-terrorism, the National Intelligence Service, and the Korean...

I agree GE, none of us knows where this situation will end up.

A further example of Duterte picking a fight he cannot win: US state dept says no assault rifles for PNP considering the ongoing...

Thanks for sharing this. Always good to have different views as counterpoint to MSM.

AV.

I applaud Duterte's policy direction in this regard.

Please don't put words into my mouth GE.

I fully sympathize with the lot of the Filipino people under the heel of the oligarchy here. Most...

Oh god, here we go again. 'RODY is a good man' because a trike driver told me so and if you disagree with me you're a commie pinko pooh pooh head elite etc etc.

Thanks for your deep political...

The humorous thing about this populist nonsense currently sweeping RP is that Duterte is one of the elite despite painting himself as an outsider and the poor are the very folk feeling the full force...

This will studiously ignored by the Duterte defenders league LOL! 😂.

Logic is not a strong point with them.

He's doing such a great job.

The last time the Philippine peso neared 50 to the dollar, the global financial system was melting down and the central bank raised interest rates to defend it. This...

Some great dialogue going on here in the forum. Frantically busy here. Poor old Ramos is spitting chips.

FORMER president Fidel Ramos is not explicitly saying he was sorry he had pushed President...

Only the Philippines has state sanctioned under and death squads. We ain't in Kansas now toto.

Some heavy criticism of Duterte's alleged deals done in China and astonishing repudiation of US aid by Duterte. People with an open mind may want to read this. Head in the sand types, please ignore....

Thats entirely your perogative GE. Nobody is telling you what to think or what to do. I know expats who lived in Davao, the city of bombings and death squads, the city with the highest murder rate...

Eyewitness accounts like this tend to indicate that PNP are operating as death squads. Much of what has been attributed to vigilantism may in fact be perpetrated by police and military.

"Like most...

Interesting follow up:

Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu expressed doubts over police claims of a shootout with Dimaukom and nine of his men.

Mangudadatu told a television interview he...

They don't need to. AFP & PNP are officially above the law now.

Agreed, every day this madness is allowed to continue the job of closing Pandora's box becomes less likely. So sad to see this beautiful country being trashed. Not my fight. I'm out of here.

This is HK but it's a chilling reminder to those who believe they have nothing to be concerned about here.

Man acquitted of drug trafficking sues Hong Kong police for more than HK $3. 9 m over...