President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday urged China to show the way forward, now that it has occupied and built up disputed territories in the South China Sea. “You’re there, you’re in possession, you occupied it. Then tell us what route shall we take and what kind of behavior [is acceptable],” Duterte said during an interview with Manila reporters minutes before the start of the 21st ASEAN-China Summit in Singapore.

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