LIVE updates: Duterte's state visit to China

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte address members of the Philippine community in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's effusive message of friendship on his visit to Beijing this week has handed China a public relations bonanza just three months after Beijing suffered a humiliating defeat by an international tribunal.
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MANILA, Philippines — Upon the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Rodrigo Duterte will pay a state visit to China from October 18 to 21.

The two state leaders are set to hold talks and exchange views on improving and developing bilateral relations amid the territorial dispute over the South China Sea.

Duterte is also set to meet with Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman Zhang Dejiang on separate occasions.

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