Philippines' Duterte says he won't surrender rights in South China Sea

Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would not surrender the country's rights over the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, which China seized in 2012. "There will never be an instance that we will surrender our right over Scarborough Shoal," Duterte told a news conference after holding talks with China's ambassador Zhang Jianhua. It is an issue about being obstructed or impeded because of the constructions there and we cannot exercise freely the rights u