ASSOCIATED PRESSBeijing wants to apply the Duterte Model of finding a solution to its South China Sea disputes with Malaysia. Back in July 2016, Manila won an international tribunal arbitration ruling, which determined that China has no historic title over the South China Sea waters. Apparently President Duterte was concerned that his country would face war with China if he had tried to enforce the international tribunal ruling. That’s why his government doesn’t seem too anxious to pursue the Duterte Model. The South China Morning Post article quotes Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah saying that “Malaysia is sticking to Asian-centric ways of dealing with China on the South China Sea.”Besides, the Malaysian Prime Minister has his own model for resolving South China Sea disputes, the “Mahathir Doctrine,” which asserts that the way to ensure peace in the South China Sea is to keep the disputed area’s sea free of warships.

Source: Forbes May 23, 2019 06:00 UTC