Published May 18, 2021, 12:03 AM President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 17, said that China’s “might makes it right” on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as he conceded that the Philippines cannot compete because it is not equal to the Asian giant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his “Talk to the People” on May 17, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) “I was frank enough in the early days and I said that might makes it right. And we are not unfortunately on the side of might, so we can’t do anything because we can’t be in parity, in force,” the President said during his televised public address on Monday night.