Duterte is not a pro-China faction. He just alienated the United States, hoping to make the political environment in the Philippines independent and strike a balance between China and the United States.

Because the Philippines is a small country, living in a crevice, any party may act as a pawn, and his chances of winning in front of any big country are very small.

Therefore, don't think that Duterte is pro-China by alienating the United States. He will not let go of the disputes over those islands!

Duterte's ancestral home is China, but it doesn't mean anything. Politics is politics.