"I am going to return to you the rifle so that the Chinese people would know, it was critical, it is a symbol of the critical help," Duterte told Li, the first Chinese premier to visit the Philippines in a decade. Philippine security analyst Renato De Castro said the information Duterte gave to Li was inaccurate, but consistent with his policy of "total appeasement" of China. Duterte told Li China's help came at "the crucial moment when we needed most and there was nobody to help us at that time". Li said China would provide 150 million yuan ($22.7 million) to help with reconstruction in Marawi. He praised Duterte for last year putting aside festering disputes with China and visiting Beijing, a trip he said was an "ice-breaker".

Source: Bangkok Post November 15, 2017 19:30 UTC