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  "path": "/voices/thought-leaders/pastilan-filipinos-learned-love-china-puppet-show/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T09:05:39.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.rappler.com",
  "tags": [
    "Editors' Pick",
    "Thought Leaders",
    "Voices",
    "disinformation and misinformation",
    "Epstein Files",
    "Fighting disinformation",
    "Loren Legarda",
    "Pastilan",
    "Philippines-China relations",
    "Rappler Thought Leaders",
    "Rodrigo Duterte",
    "South China Sea",
    "West Philippine Sea"
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  "textContent": "This explains why certain senators parade their pro-China loyalties with brazen shamelessness. They are not bold out of principle, but because they are already calculating that the next president will be China-backed again.",
  "title": "[Pastilan] How many Filipinos learned to love China’s puppet show"
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