China/Philippines/South China Sea: Duterte Says Philippines Can’t Afford Oil Rigs, Open to Sharing Resources with China in Disputed Sea

Mar 24, 2017 | Agence France-Presse
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to sharing resources with Beijing in flashpoint South China Sea waters over which Manila has been given exclusive rights by an international tribunal. Beijing claims most of the sea, including waters close to the Philippine coast, despite the claim being declared as without basis last year by a United Nations-backed tribunal.