A spokesperson for Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte says Chinese ships are no long blocking Filipino fishermen from the disputed Scarborough Shoal that China seized in 2012. The change suggests that Duterte's recent visit to Beijing and tilt away from the United States has borne fruit.
   
 
News Alert Fri., Oct. 28, 2016 3:38 a.m.
 
 
China stops blocking Filipino fisherman in disputed sea region, Philippines says, in sign of possible South China Sea deal
A spokesperson for Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte says Chinese ships are no long blocking Filipino fishermen from the disputed Scarborough Shoal that China seized in 2012. The change suggests that Duterte's recent visit to Beijing and tilt away from the United States has borne fruit.
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