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It’s easy to connect their loud-mouthed populism, but the rise of this unpredictable man to the Philippines’ presidency is more of a threat to the world

With his jocular assassination threats and rape jokes played out across social media, Rodrigo Duterte has cowed critics and coerced the media into sycophancy

There is little Duterte can offer the Chinese other than surrender of the US alliance and the islands