VERA FILES FACT CHECK: China’s Xi Jinping did NOT order retreat of ships on WPS
Xi did not say “he proposed to surrender respectfully,” but instead said he “proposed mutual respect” between the U.S. and China.
Xi did not say “he proposed to surrender respectfully,” but instead said he “proposed mutual respect” between the U.S. and China.
Duterte could not stand being questioned; otherwise, he would shoot back with personal insults to divert from the issue thrown at him.
The attempt by former president Rodrigo Duterte to use the China card to gain a prominent role in the Marcos administration and protect himself from the International Criminal Court got aborted just when his cohorts in the Senate were about to launch it.
A misleading video on Facebook (FB) claims President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos surprised Chinese President Xi Jinping by conducting joint military exercises with the United States (U.S.) “all of a sudden” and sending Chinese nationals back to their country. On Oct. 4, an FB page published the deceptive video with the headline: “President BBM, Ginulat Ang […]
A video on Facebook (FB) erroneously claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced an order – “that should be implemented by the United Nations (UN)” – to disallow Chinese President Xi Jinping from stepping into Philippine territory. On Sept. 28, an FB page published the 10-minute video with the false headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG HALA KA! […]
A Filipino Facebook (FB) page published a video echoing baseless rumors of Chinese President Xi Jinping facing incarceration in Beijing while being supplanted by a general of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). This is not true. On Sept. 27, the false video appeared with the headline: “Naku po! Chinese President Xi Jinping ikinulong umano […]
All these efforts and pronouncements about joint exploration with China in Philippine territory is in connection with the state visit of China’s President Xi Jinping in November.
President Duterte takes pride in his being smart in matters of geopolitics. After all, as he more than once told his captive audience, he is a graduate of Foreign Service at the Lyceum University.
Xi Jinping never mentioned the Philippines and President Rodrigo Duterte in his opening speech at the Boao Forum for Asia.
Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio said today the Philippines can bring to the United Nations the matter of China’s President Xi Jinping threatening President Duterte that China would wage war if the Philippines starts drilling oil in disputed areas in the South China Sea.