President Duterte of the Philippines bid “goodbye” to the United States as he paid court to China’s leaders, in a further sign of a strategic power shift in East Asia. In a speech in Beijing yesterday, Mr Duterte gave the clearest sign yet that the 65-year old military alliance between Manila and Washington may be close to an end following a series of angry, dismissive and insulting remarks directed at the US. The fact that he spoke in the Chinese capital is a powerful boost to Beijing in its struggle to displace the US as the dominant military and diplomatic…

Source: The Times October 20, 2016 08:03 UTC