manila philippine president rodrigo duterte wednesday heap praise visit chinese premier li keqiang say china critical role expedite end five-month war islamist insurgents philippine town duterte credit china supply say rifle oct. 16 kill islamic state regional point man isnilon hapilon say would present weapon china mark appreciation help war marawi city go return rifle chinese people would know critical symbol critical help duterte tell li first chinese premier visit philippines decade doubt however really chinese sniper rifle kill hapilon uncertainty whether military use 6,100 gun beijing donate since june philippine defense minister recently say weapons give police hapilon kill members 8th scout ranger company scout ranger book facebook page one ranger officer give blow-by-blow account operation say shoot kill hapilon come gun mount armor vehicle members unit also tell media shoot come fix weapon control remotely weapons typically 50-calibre machine gun arm give us help abbreviate shorten military fight duterte say friday say something similar russian president vladimir putin tell russia help us turn tide shorten war supply weapons philippine soldier use kill militant snipers marawi russian arm actually deliver two days military operations declare conflict big long battle philippines since world war two 1,000 people rebel gunmen kill 353,000 displace duterte tell li china help come crucial moment need nobody help us time remark may sit well unite state australia early stag conflict provide technical support philippine force include surveillance aircraft pinpoint locations militants li say china would provide 150 million yuan 22.7 million help reconstruction marawi praise duterte last year put aside fester dispute china visit beijing trip say ice-breaker philippine security analyst renato de castro say information duterte give li inaccurate consistent policy total appeasement china really surprise know whether flattery outright lie tell news channel anc philippines duterte laud china 's help 'crucial moment marawi battle