PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte assured the public on Wednesday he would not cede any territory to China, amid reports of Beijing’s construction activities in some of the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Duterte’s statement came after Manila halted construction at a Pag-asa Island sandbar because of a protest from Beijing

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