“China is a friend…but I would state now that hindi ako sang-ayon sa ten-dash-line,” said Duterte. (China is a friend… but I would state now that I do not agree with the ten-dash-line.)

“I am no longer in the government. Pero kung sabihin mo na magsunod ako sa characterization of boundaries nila, hindi ako…As far as I am concerned, ‘yung territory natin is non-negotiable,” the former chief executive said. (I am no longer in government but if you will say that I should follow the characterization of their boundaries, I won’t. As far as I’m concerned, our territory is non-negotiable.)