This week around Asia: A chat with the Philippines’ foreign minister

August 06, 2017 12:00 AM

Looking out on Manila Bay from my hotel window, a floor above the suite used by Gen Douglas MacArthur during his stint as the military advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1941, you cannot help thinking how remarkably the strategic ground has shifted underfoot in this country.

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