CHINA is purchasing more agricultural products worth as much as $200 million annually from farmers in former conflict areas in Mindanao.
May 162017
May 052017
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Finance ministers and central bank governors of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members and their China, Japan and Korean peers meeting here on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank’s Board of Governors agreed on Friday to help each other enhance resilience to financial shocks and to promote trade and investments.
Apr 272017
THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) is investigating the suitability of Metro Rail Transit (MRT) coaches supplied by China’s CNR Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co. Ltd.
Apr 082017
Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office, he seems to have made it his personal mission to steer the country away from the United States and towards China. And while generations of Filipinos have seen their country as one of America’s staunchest allies in the region, many have followed the president and now look to China as the Philippines’ new “best friend” …
Mar 202017
THE PHILIPPINES is poised to take on a key role as one of the member countries under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, according to visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang.
Mar 172017
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will have much to gain from strengthened cooperation in the tourism industry, a high-ranking Chinese official said on Thursday.
Mar 092017
SOME Chinese companies are “interested” in public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the Philippines particularly in building “integrated” cities and developing regional prison facilities here.
Mar 072017
CHINA has committed to finance at least three infrastructure projects in the Philippines worth $3.4 billion, two of which could be rolled out in the first half of this year, trade officials from both countries said on Tuesday.
Feb 162017
THE government must insulate the country insulated from risks arising from the US turn to greater protectionism as well as rising tension between the US and China, a global advisory firm said.
Feb 102017
CHINA reaffirmed its commitment to the Philippines as a “reliable partner” in tourism and trade, with that country’s ambassador also supporting emergency powers for the Philippine government to ensure key infrastructure projects are not delayed beyond the current presidential term.