Duterte's costly pivot: Inquirer

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Former president Rodrigo Duterte's (pic) controversial foreign policy pivot toward China and Russia during his six-year term is now unravelling at a big cost to taxpayers.

First were the much-touted Chinese investments, many of which failed to take off, and funding for major infrastructure projects. It even had to terminate, early this year, loan negotiations with China after Beijing insisted on high interest rates.