several readers have asked for an article that puts together the pieces of information that have filtered through the blog discussions here during recent days about mayor duterte and china. Let me put it together as best as i can. You may correct or add to the picture in the discussion thread. I would note that i do not offer opinion on the duterte candidacy, but do ask some hard questions that i think are important.
This matter came to a head on the 16th of april when a report was filed on facebook by a pilot who observed something he had never seen before: A chinese private plane parked at a philippine airport, in this instance, at davao’s airport. Below is a photograph of that airplane.
The underlying question asked by readers is, “does this represent foreign influence in the 2016 national election?” well . . . It could be less, and it could be more. So let’s bullet-point some essential information and ideas.
Mayor Duterte and China: a demand for transparency | The Society of Honor by Joe America