Title:

 78% Pinoys see US-Philippine ties more important than China — SWS

Author:

Janvic Mateo

Source:

Philippine Star

Date:

 December 8, 2019

Description:

Seven in every 10 Filipinos believe the country’s relationship with the United States is more important than that with China, according to a recent survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS). The same survey also showed that more than half of Filipinos believe that it is possible for the Philippines to have good relationship with the US and China at the same time.

Title:

 Bringing PH, China closer through art

Author:

Tina Dumlao

Source:

Inquirer

Date:

October 13, 2019 

Description:

What diplomacy can’t easily do to bring people together, the arts can. That is the hope behind the groundbreaking international arts and cultural exchange program between the Philippines and China spearheaded by the Bank of China in partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Chinese Culture and Art Association and China Daily Mail.

Title:

 Celebrating the 70th year of People’s Republic of China in Davao

Author:

Jinggoy Salvador

Source:

Sun Star

Date:

 October 5, 2019

Description:

THE inauguration of the Chinese Consulate-General in Davao City a year in October with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi present in the affair signaled a stronger bilateral partnership between China and Mindanao. It was also on the same month, October 1st in 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded. The recent gathering hosted by the Chinese Consulate-General in Davao could be called a double celebration.

Title:

 China-ASEAN music week opens in Nanning

Author:

Vietnam Plus

Source:

VNA

Date:

May  29, 2019 

Description:

The China-ASEAN music week 2019 opened in Nanning, the capital of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 28. The event brought together 256 musicians and experts from 25 countries and territories, including 110 musicians from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Title:

 The Chinese in Cebu: Consul General Jia Li talks history, trade, tourism

Author:

Jenara Regis Newman

Source:

Yahoo

Date:

 May 20, 2019

Description:

The Chinese in Cebu: Consul General Jia Li talks history, trade, tourism IN HIS spacious office at the Mandarin Plaza Hotel, Chinese Consul General Jia Li narrated the historical ties between the Philippines and China, citing that trade had been going on between the two countries More IN HIS spacious office at the Mandarin Plaza Hotel, Chinese Consul General Jia Li narrated the historical ties between the Philippines and China, citing that trade had been going on between the two countries since the Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD).

Title:

 PH to enhance cultural ties in China forum

Author:

PNA

Source:

PNA

Date:

May 9, 2019 

Description:

The Philippines is seeking to strengthen cultural ties with its Asian peers as regional connectivity through the Belt and Road Initiative emerges. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin M. Andanar will attend the Conference on Asian Civilizations Dialogue in Beijing, China next week, where he will discuss along with heads of state, high-level officials, and private experts, the shared future of the Asian community.

Title:

 Bridge burning bridges: Why the China-funded Binondo-Intramuros structure is controversial

Author:

Rosette Adel

Source:

Philippine Star

Date:

 April 30, 2019

Description:

It is unclear where a bridge symbolizing the fusion of two cultures—or ties of two states—is leading, as its construction faces opposition from local and international organizations and from some government agencies.

Title:

  China, ASEAN countries share ideas on green cities

Author:

Eleven Myanmar

Source:

Eleven Myanmar

Date:

April 8, 2019 

Description:

Somphone Khongsab, from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Laos, shared their work in raising public awareness of greenhouse gas emissions, and the research they have done about Laos climate change policies. Khongsab said that they are looking to start more cooperation with relevant institutions and groups to tackle climate change.

Title:

 Duterte's Chinese New Year wish: Greater peace, understanding between PH, China

Author:

RUTH ABBEY GITA

Source:

Sunstar

Date:

February 4, 2019 

Description:

AS HE joined the Chinese-Filipino community in the country in celebrating the Chinese New Year, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope for "greater peace and understanding" between the Philippines and China. "May this New Year bring hope, inspiration and more achievements for the Chinese-Filipino community and the entire nation," the Chief Executive said in his message for Chinese New year released on Monday, February 4.

Title:

 Chinese Consulate in Cebu welcomes the Year of the Pig

Author:

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo

Source:

Cebu Daily News

Date:

 February 4, 2019

Description:

The Chinese Consulate in Cebu started off the Year of the Pig with an auspicious dinner held at the Grand Ballroom of Marco Polo Plaza on January 29 with government officials, dignitaries and members of Cebu’s business community in attendance. The traditional dragon dance and lion dance were performed to the beat of the drums to usher luck and prosperity for the new year.

Title:

 People to people bond: A booster to the Construction of BRI

Author:

Liu Chunsheng

Source:

China Global Television Network

Date:

 September 6, 2018

Description:

Since China proposed the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) in 2013, more and more countries have responded enthusiastically. For five years, China has actively promoted the spirit of friendly cooperation and carried out extensive cultural, educational, tourism, health and medical cooperation, scientific and technological collaboration with countries and regions along the BRI.

Title:

 People-to-people communication key to stronger PH-China relations

Author:

Zorayda Tecson

Source:

Philippine News Agency

Date:

 May 28, 2018

Description:

BEIJING -- A university professor here has cited people-to-people communication as one of the key factors that could further enhance Philippine-Chinese relations. In his lecture to participants of the 2018 Seminar for Information Officers and Journalists from the Philippines held at the Beijing Xijiao Hotel on Sunday, Dr. Wu Jie Wei, a professor in Peking University, specifically mentioned what Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai stated that "China’s diplomacy is a combination of official, semi-official and non-governmental diplomacy."

Title:

 Cultural exchanges make Philippines, China better friends: Philippine official

Author:

Xinhua

Source:

Xinhua

Date:

 MArch 5, 2018

Description:

Cultural exchanges are always important to the bilateral relations between the Philippines and China, making the two countries better friends, Philippine presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. Roque told Xinhua on the sidelines of a Spring Festival gala on Sunday night that the event will help peoples of China and the Philippines understand each other better.