Duterte can rectify Aquino's foreign policies

RODRIGO DUTERTE, the strongman mayor of the Philippines' southern city of Davao for two decades, is set to become the country's new president. Global Times commented on Tuesday:

Regularly compared to the controversial US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, the 71-year-old Duterte has promised to end drug crime in three to six months and improve security by executing 100,000 suspected criminals if elected as the Philippine leader.

His proposed hard-line policies, which are very different from those of the outgoing administration, have captured the public's attention.