CHINESE President Xi Jinping is hoping that the Philippines and China will have better ties under a Duterte administration amid a bitter territorial row in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Xi’s statement was issued by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs late Monday afetr the proclamation of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been vocal about resuming bilateral negotiations with the Asian giant.

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