PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday vowed anew not to unsettle Beijing over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute, claiming China wants to help the Philippines without anything in return.

Duterte said that he won’t raise the dispute during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the sidelines of a Beijing-led economic cooperation forum that opens today.

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