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Duterte mocks critics of his handling of S. China Sea dispute

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 17, called on the United States to  deploy its fleet to the South China Sea, in an apparent mock of his critics over his handling of the dispute with China. In a television interview, Duterte urged the US to send the US Navy’s 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan to the disputed area, invoking the Mutual Defense Treaty signed by the Philippines and the US in 1951. Under […]