{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e48272339d2dd9f40401351/5e482743c3ffd7eb328bf11b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"China has been useful for the elites in Duterte’s circle - With Carlo Fong Luy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e48272339d2dd9f40401351/434ae83cf9b13a23be53f7d89328d7a3.jpg?height=200","description":"Carlo Fong Luy is a young researcher and he has a lot to share about his country, the Philippines. As you dear listeners may have understood, I have a passion to speak about Rodrigo Duterte and his flamboyant foreign policy.\n\nAccording to Carlo, in order to understand Duterte, we need to depart from a rock-solid assertion: the Philippines’ politics is an oligarchy. Powerful elites control vast swaths of the country and government needs them. \n\nA pro-Chinese foreign policy lead Chinese investments that have been beneficial particularly for the elites in Duterte’s circle: Dennis Uy and Lucio Tan.","author_name":"Mirko Giordani"}