On President Rodrigo Duterte's "War on Drugs": Its Impact on Philippine-China Relations

This study looks into the "War on Drugs" of the Duterte Administration and how it impacts on the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China. Although Philippine-China relations have been marred by the case filed by the former with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in relation...

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Published inContemporary Chinese political economy and strategic relations Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 137 - X
Main Author Lopega, Diosdado B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kaohsiung National Sun Yat-sen University 01.05.2019
Subjects
Blogs
Cooperation
diplomatic relations
Drug addiction
Drug legalization
Duterte, Rodrigo R
Executive orders
Foreign policy
Memoranda
peripheral realism
Politics
President Duterte
Presidents
Realism
Scarborough Shoal
war on drugs
New York
South China Sea
United States > US
Philippines
China
Russia
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Summary:This study looks into the "War on Drugs" of the Duterte Administration and how it impacts on the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China. Although Philippine-China relations have been marred by the case filed by the former with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in relation to the territorial dispute of the two countries in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea, this study contends that their relationship improved for the better as a consequence of Dutete's "War on Drugs". In carrying out his "War on Drugs", Duterte came under barrage of criticisms from the West in which he became a pariah leader of sort. Consequently, he abandoned old friends and turned to China where he found a sympathetic ally.
ISSN:2410-9681
2410-9681