ABC NEWS
Rodrigo Duterte's shift on China threatens longstanding Philippines-US alliance
ANALYSIS
By freelance correspondent Ben Bohane in Manila
Posted 4 Oct 2016, 8:15am
As 2,000 armed service personnel from the US and Philippines join together for military exercises this week, they have been told it will be the last between the long-standing allies.
"I am about to cross the Rubicon between me and the US," President Rodrigo Duterte said recently.
Few doubt the challenge facing the Philippines as it balances relations with the US, its biggest military ally, and the growing might of China, the emerging superpower in its neighbourhood.
"I'm serving notice now to the Americans. I will maintain the military alliance, the RP-US pact which our countries signed in the early '50s. But I will establish new alliances for trade and commerce," Mr Duterte said.
"You are scheduled to hold war games, which China does not want. I will serve notice to you now that this will be the last military exercise, jointly, [between] Philippines, the US. Last one."
READ MORE: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-04/duterte's-shift-on-china-could-have-us-sweating/7899034
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