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iven Malacañang's recent actions, Filipinos now wonder whether President Rodrigo Duterte is finally distancing himself from his Beijing benefactors and charting an independent course for his country. His detractors point out that Duterte won the 2016 presidential election, despite his being the underdog, because there was significant cyber interference from China. His supporters, however, insist that Duterte won fair and square, with no help from Beijing or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).