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Duterte tells Philippines he asked China for coronavirus vaccine, diplomacy in maritime dispute | South China Morning Post

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the nation on July 27, 2020, that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help Manila get priority access to a made-in-China vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. In his fifth annual State of the Nation Address, Duterte also said he would not confront Beijing over i…

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