Title:

 Duterte­-Xi bilateral meet set in Hainan

Author:

Rey E. Requejo and Vito Barcelo

Source:

Manila Standard

Date:

April 7, 2018

Description:

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting at the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual gathering of government and business leaders and academics in Asia, an official said Friday.

Title:

 Duterte, Xi to meet on sidelines of China forum: DFA

Author:

Dharel Placido

Source:

ABS-CBN News

Date:

 April 6, 2018

Description:

President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits China for the third time next week, a foreign affairs official said Friday. Duterte will be in China from April 9 to 10 to attend the Boao Forum for Asia, also known as Asia's answer to the annual World Economic Forum hosted in Switzerland.

Title:

 China Eyes Improved India Ties In Case Of Sino-U.S. Trade War

Author:

Ralph Jennings

Source:

Forbes

Date:

April 3, 2018

Description:

China is currently facing down a list of import tariffs levied by the Trump administration, agitated by the country's $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. In response, it has hinted at relaxing rules on some American imports and suggested dialogue rather than escalating a potential trade war.

Title:

 Amid China-US rivalry, Asean finds a role model in Duterte’s Philippines

Author:

Mark J. Valencia

Source:

South China Morning Post

Date:

April 2, 2018

Description:

Mark J. Valencia says the Philippine leader, whether intentionally or not, has apparently succeeded in doing what most nations in the region must do – maintain its relations with both Beijing and Washington to its own benefit, but without angering either

Title:

 ASEAN: A Testing Ground for the Digital Silk Road

Author:

Shazeda Ahmed

Source:

China US Focus

Date:

March 28, 2018

Description:

In the past few years there has been no shortage of analyses of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) strategy or of the annual meetings of the country’s World Internet Conference (WIC), yet an overlooked connection between the two has been the development of what Beijing refers to as the Digital Silk Road (数字丝绸之路 shuzi sichou zhilu, also known as the 信息丝绸之路 xinxi sichou zhilu, “Information Silk Road.”)

Title:

 China forms new economic team as President Xi kicks off second term

Author:

Shu Zhang, Christian Shepherd

Source:

Rueters

Date:

March 19, 2018

Description:

China elevated a key confidante of President Xi Jinping to one of the top positions in government on Monday as Beijing cracks down on riskier financing and a debt to reduce systemic risks to the world’s second-largest economy.
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Title:

 China urges UN to respect PH sovereignty

Author:

Julius N. Leonen

Source:

Inquirer.net

Date:

March 13, 2018

Description:

The Chinese government has urged the United Nations (UN) to respect the sovereignty of the Philippines amid the Department of Justice’s terrorist tag against a UN special rapporteur.

Title:

 China clears way for Xi Jinping to rule for life

Author:

Steven Jiang

Source:

CNN Philippines

Date:

March 12, 2018

Description:

China's largely ceremonial parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial change to the country's constitution, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely.
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Title:

 China’s foreign policy ‘visionary’: Ambassador

Author:

Zhang Xin

Source:

Global Times

Date:

 March 11, 2018

Description:

The Philippines looks forward to a more active role from China in helping to resolve regional and international issues and in maintaining international security, said the Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago L. Sta. Romana during the ongoing session of the National People's Congress (NPC).

Title:

 Duterte: West PH Sea exploration with China like ‘co-ownership’

Author:

Pia Ranada

Source:

Rappler

Date:

 February 28, 2018

Description:

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte likened joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea to "co-ownership" in a speech on Wednesday, February 28, in Marawi City. "Ngayon, offer nila, eh di joint exploration. Eh di parang co-ownership, parang dalawa tayong may-ari niyan, eh di mas maganda 'yan kaysa away," he told an audience of Marawi residents and government officials

Title:

 Xi Sets China on a Collision Course With History

Author:

Max Fisher

Source:

The New York Times

Date:

February 28, 2018 

Description:

There was always something different about China’s version of authoritarianism. For decades, as other regimes collapsed or curdled into dysfunctional pretend democracies, China’s held strong, even prospered. Yes, China’s Communist Party has been vigorous in suppressing dissent and crushing potential challenges. But some argue that it has survived in part by developing unusually strong institutions, bound by strict rules and norms. Two of the most important have been collective leadership — rule by consensus rather than strongman — and term limits.