America vs China: How Asia can winBy RICARDO SALUDOSO, who’s ahead in Asia’s geopolitical main event between America and China? Just see how President Rodrigo Duterte is wangling favor after favor from China, Japan and America. Bottom line: The charm race in Asean among America, China and Japan looks set to escalate. But President Duterte encountered no loud challenges in Asia when he said that China had possession of the South China Sea, and criticized naval activity challenging the Chinese. What Duterte presumably meant is that short of a full-scale war, which no nation wants, it is near-impossible to stop Chinese moves in the South China Sea.

Source: Manila Times November 22, 2018 16:30 UTC