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U.S. Inactions Responsible for Current Mess in South China Sea: Philippine President

Girish Shetti   |

Mar 24, 2017 10:21 AM EDT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday squarely blamed the inactions of the past U.S. administration for the current crisis in the disputed South China Sea region. The firebrand president claimed that if U.S. had acted diligently, China would not have dared to build so many artificial islands in the contagious maritime territory.