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| BEIJING — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was welcomed with full military honors at the Great Hall of the People here on Thursday, the official start of a state visit to China that the United States is watching closely for further signs of a warming relationship. | BEIJING — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was welcomed with full military honors at the Great Hall of the People here on Thursday, the official start of a state visit to China that the United States is watching closely for further signs of a warming relationship. |
| Mr. Duterte stood beside the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, on a canopied podium with lines of Chinese ceremonial troops before them, as a 21-gun salute resounded around Tiananmen Square. | Mr. Duterte stood beside the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, on a canopied podium with lines of Chinese ceremonial troops before them, as a 21-gun salute resounded around Tiananmen Square. |
| “Though we come to your country close to winter, it is the springtime of our relationship,” Mr. Duterte told Mr. Xi in talks immediately afterward, according to reporters who were allowed to observe part of their meeting. The talks were expected to result in Chinese economic support for the Philippines and signs of a calmer dialogue over the countries’ disputes in the South China Sea. | |
| Arthur Yap, a Philippine congressman traveling with Mr. Duterte, said that the two leaders met alone for 30 minutes before appearing before the reporters, which he said was a positive sign. | |
| Mr. Duterte, who took office in June, has alarmed American officials by asserting that the Philippines would reduce its military cooperation with the United States, though he has stopped short of saying he would revoke their 70-year-old treaty alliance. Since arriving in China on Tuesday, he has expressed admiration for his hosts and told reporters that America would no longer have the prominent role in the Philippines that it does now. | Mr. Duterte, who took office in June, has alarmed American officials by asserting that the Philippines would reduce its military cooperation with the United States, though he has stopped short of saying he would revoke their 70-year-old treaty alliance. Since arriving in China on Tuesday, he has expressed admiration for his hosts and told reporters that America would no longer have the prominent role in the Philippines that it does now. |
| “Time to say goodbye, my friend,” Mr. Duterte said of the United States on Wednesday, speaking to a group of Philippine citizens living in China. “I will not go to America anymore,” he added. “I will just be insulted there.” | “Time to say goodbye, my friend,” Mr. Duterte said of the United States on Wednesday, speaking to a group of Philippine citizens living in China. “I will not go to America anymore,” he added. “I will just be insulted there.” |
| Mr. Duterte is expected to address Chinese business leaders and may visit a drug rehabilitation center in Beijing on Friday, to demonstrate his support for China’s tough policy on drug offenders. Unlike officials in the United States and other Western countries, China has refrained from criticizing Mr. Duterte’s deadly campaign against drugs, in which about 1,400 people have been killed by the police and hundreds more by vigilantes. | Mr. Duterte is expected to address Chinese business leaders and may visit a drug rehabilitation center in Beijing on Friday, to demonstrate his support for China’s tough policy on drug offenders. Unlike officials in the United States and other Western countries, China has refrained from criticizing Mr. Duterte’s deadly campaign against drugs, in which about 1,400 people have been killed by the police and hundreds more by vigilantes. |