Duterte Presidency: Shift in Philippine-China Relations?

• Main Author: Banlaoi, Rommel C.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Maritime Security; Conflict and Stability; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80563; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40696
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The rise of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ new president promises to have an impact on the South China Sea dispute between Manila and Beijing. Will he change Manila’s stance towards China or will he be as hardline as his campaign rhetoric suggested?