By Raïssa Robles

There is a very interesting article on the South China Sea conflict written by one of my editors, Debasish Roy Chowdhury. It is entitled Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte wants to be friends, why isn’t China playing ball?

Before he joined South China Morning Post desk, Chowdhury worked as a journalist right in the heart of China’s capital, Beijing. That stint gave him some experience in interpreting the sentiments of Beijing officials.

Two things struck me about his article. [READ MORE…]