“Former president Rodrigo Duterte tells China's Global Times that he "really love[s] China more than the Americans.”
What Vera Files found
In the same interview with the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, Duterte said he "want[ed} to be neutral" and "tried to craft an independent foreign policy, not really against America."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 12 April 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2024, 31 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuPDe9KieY8
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3ZGUu4C4I
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