Philippine President's China Trip Puts US Ties to the Test

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ecVOw3
via IFTTT After lashing out at longtime ally America, the new Philippine president is making a state visit to China in a charm offensive that will help define how far he wants to shift allegiance from treaty ally the U.S. to an Asian superpower locked in a territorial standoff with his small, impoverished country.