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Duterte teases female Chinese reporter: China-PHL ties will bloom, you and I are in the middle of the flower


A female Chinese reporter asked President Rodrigo Duterte to define China-Philippine relations, then she found herself at the center of attention.

Huang Zhengzheng, a reporter from the China Central Television, asked, "How do you look forward to the relationship between our two countries under this kind of openness and innovation?"

In response the President said, "I think that it would bloom, it’s like a flower that would bloom into something big and beautiful. It’s one stem and China and the Philippines will bloom, and you and I are in the middle of the flower."

Duterte's reply drew laughter from the crowd that attended the press briefing before his departure for Hainan, China on Monday afternoon.

The President even asked the reporter how long had she stayed in the Philippines.

"I stay in the Philippines for four years already," Zhengzheng replied.

Duterte even offered a seat for the lady reporter.

"You can join me, I have a vacant seat beside me. Where is your passport?" Duterte said. — BAP, GMA News

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