Philippines, Seeking to Appease Beijing, Halts Construction in South China Sea President Rodrigo Duterte decided to stop work on a sandbar in the disputed region before a regional summit meeting in Vietnam this weekend. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi KilledXi and Pence Stake Out Trade Positions in Dueling Speeches at Pacific Rim ForumHow the Trump Administration Stepped Up Pursuit of WikiLeaks’s AssangeEgyptian Sentenced to Death in Killing of Christian Doctor‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in IndiaHong Kong Dispatch: A Rural Patch of Hong Kong Where Rare Birds Sing and Developers Circle