The controversial truth about China’s new gas field
It is easy to see why maritime borders matter to Vietnam
Philippine
Sunday
Monday
Aukus is becoming a potent alliance
A principal focus will be China’s strategic tilt from the terrestrial to the maritime domain
Saturday
Why was Blinken’s China visit so underwhelming?
His trip also heralded a significant increase in dialogue and diplomacy
Monday
The rusting Philippine ship raising US-China tensions
The Sierra Madre has become a symbol of Beijing’s growing aggression and its disdain for international law
Sunday
Duterte Harry: why is he the Philippines’ most popular ever leader?
If you thought Donald Trump was rude to journalists, hang on to your hats. Miffed by a journalist’s temerity in asking about his health, president Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines exploded: ‘How is your wife’s vagina? Is it smelly? Or not smelly? Give me a report.’ Duterte, a 75-year-old provincial politician who revels in the sobriquet ‘Duterte Harry’ after Clint Eastwood’s cop, arrived in national politics in June 2016 with all the media hullabaloo of other internationally reviled populist leaders such as Viktor Orbán and Recep Erdogan. The foul-mouthed Duterte, clearly a coprolaliac, is just as brutal with his political opponents. After obtaining a tape of his leading senatorial antagonist,
