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Duterte Wants $16 Billion for Visiting Forces Agreement with American Military; Fair Price for US Ally in the South China Sea, or Extortion?

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Published in South China Morning Post
(Hong Kong) on 21 February 2021
by Raissa Robles (link to originallink to original)
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