Draft:2023 visit by Rodrigo Duterte to China

In July 2023, the 16th and former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, made a visit to Beijing, the capital of China. The visit was made for the bilateral relations between China and the Philippines and the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The visit was controversial in the Philippines.

Territorial disputes
In 1970, a memorandum was published showing that the Philippines, China, and other countries owned the South China Sea. Resulting in a territorial dispute regarding the owner of the sea.