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Title:
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CCCC First Highway Engineering signs agreement on Manila Waterfront City Project
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Author:
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Yang Qi and Zhang Ge
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Source:
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Belt and Road Portal
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Date:
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February 2, 2018
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Description:
- China’s CCCC First Highway Engineering Co. Ltd. (First Highway Engineering) recently signed a framework agreement with the Philippines’ Waterfront Manila Premier Development Inc. (WMPD) on jointly building the Manila Waterfront City Project.
Economic
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Title:
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6.6 M foreigners visited PH in 2017– DOT
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Author:
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Charina Clarisse Echaluce
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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February 1, 2018
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Description:
- Foreign visitors to the Philippines last year reached an “all-time high” record of more than 6.6 million, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported Wednesday night.
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Title:
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External factors affecting the 2018 economy
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Author:
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Gerardo P. Sicat
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 31, 2018
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Description:
- External developments are often the X-factor that bring surprises to our projections of the economic future.
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Title:
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Duterte’s push for joint exploration in the South China Sea
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Author:
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Aaron Jed Rabena
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Source:
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The Strategist
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Date:
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January 31, 2018
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Description:
- From being a frontrunner in pressing China on the South China Sea disputes, the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking closer relations with China. In his state of the nation address in July last year, Duterte announced that he wants to begin a joint exploration venture with China in the South China Sea, in the area that Philippine government agencies refer to as the ‘West Philippine Sea’. The Chinese hailed the initiative as ‘full of political wisdom’.
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Title:
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South Korea eyes improved economic ties with Philippines
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Author:
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Richmond Mercurio
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Source:
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The Philippines Star
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Date:
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January 31, 2018
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Description:
- South Korea plans to ramp up investments in the Philippines this year after a slowdown in 2017, with planned projects to support the government’s massive infrastructure program.
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Title:
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The Philippines’ Chinese FDI boom: more politics than geopolitics
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Author:
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Alvin Camba
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Source:
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New Mandala
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Date:
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January 30, 2018
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Description:
- When President Rodrigo Duterte visited Beijing in October 2016, he came home with an agreement that earmarked US$24 billion worth of Chinese foreign direct investment and aid for the Philippines.
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Title:
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Arrivals up 11% in 2017 as China delivers on vow
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Author:
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Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo
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Source:
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BusinessMirror
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Date:
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January 30, 2018
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Description:
- CHINESE tourists helped boost the tourism industry in the Philippines last year, growing by an astounding 43.3 percent to 968,447 arrivals, or close to the 1 million the Beijing government promised it would send.
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Title:
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The Belt and Road Initiative in 2018
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Author:
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Carolyn Dong, Matthew Davis, Simin Yu and Ying Wu
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Source:
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Lexology
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Date:
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January 30, 2018
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Description:
- China’s Belt and Road initiative (also known as the “One Belt One Road Initiative”) was first introduced by President Xi Jinping in September and October 2013. As the initiative has developed over the last 4 years, we have published an annual series of articles summarizing the initiative and reviewing the status and successes achieved in its implementation.
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Title:
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Philippines drinks makers shun China corn syrup imports to avoid tax
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Author:
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Reuters Staff
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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January 31, 2018
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Description:
- Philippine beverage producers are swapping their imports of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for domestic sugar to avoid higher taxes on the alternative sweetener, industry and government officials said, limiting exports from top supplier China.
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Title:
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Philippine finance chief to meet Alibaba's Jack Ma in China
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Author:
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Editor: Liangyu
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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January 29, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Officials led by Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez are to meet Jack Ma, founder and chairman of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, in Hangzhou on Thursday to explore innovations in digital commerce, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Monday.
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Title:
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New air routes to boost arrivals from China —DOT
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Author:
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Jon Viktor Cabuenas/VDS
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Source:
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GMA News
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Date:
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January 29, 2018
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Description:
- More Chinese tourists are expected to enter the Philippines with the launch of direct charter flights from Palawan and Xiamen next month, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said Monday.
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Title:
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Chinese tourists top visitor arrivals in Boracay resort in Philippines
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Author:
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Editor: Liangyu
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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January 26, 2018
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Description:
- China has surpassed South Korea for the first time as the top source of visitor arrivals for the world-class resort island Boracay in the central Philippines, local media reported on Friday.
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Title:
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Economic conditions don’t favor 3rd telco player
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Author:
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Philip M. Lustre Jr
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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January 26, 2018
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Description:
- It would take a grind of 3-4 years to settle the corporate and regulatory issues before the third player could operate in the local market, which is being dominated by the duopoly of the PLDT Group and Globe Telecom
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Title:
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Chinese friendship bridge in Manila not so popular with the locals
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Author:
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Raissa Robles
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Source:
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South China Morning Post
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Date:
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January 18, 2018
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Description:
- Construction of an friendship bridge gifted to Manila by the Chinese government to ease traffic congestion has been delayed yet again, sparking questions over the project’s necessity and community impact.
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Title:
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PH, China to discuss joint oil, gas exploration in West PH Sea
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Author:
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Dona Z. Pazzibugan
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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January 16, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines and China will discuss next month how to implement an agreement on joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on Monday.
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Title:
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Yearender: Philippines tourism industry rises above adversity
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Author:
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Catharin Talavera
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 7, 2018
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Description:
- he local tourism sector has remained relatively unscathed despite the unfortunate incidents that hit the country in 2017 – the Marawi conflict, the Resorts World Manila attack and the travel warnings issued against the Philippines. The Philippine economy has remained resilient on the back of its sound fundamentals and a growing tourism sector.
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Title:
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Why did Chinese investment in the Philippines stagnate?
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Author:
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Alvin Camba
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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December 12, 2017
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Description:
- Pundits and international relations scholars have often argued that territorial disputes in the South China Sea have prevented increased Chinese investment in the Philippines. But while inter-state relations do matter, the political relations between Beijing and Manila do not solely shape the rise or fall of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Title:
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Duterte's Philippines Economy Beats China's
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Author:
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Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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December 9, 2017
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte may receive poor marks for his human rights record, but he’s doing really well when it comes to the economy, which beats China’s.
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Title:
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Taiwan, Philippines signed bilateral investment agreement
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Author:
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Emerson Lim and Kuan-lin Liu
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Source:
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Focus Taiwan
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Date:
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December 7, 2017
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Description:
- Manila, Dec. 7 (CNA) Taiwan and the Philippines signed a new bilateral investment agreement (BIA) on Thursday, making it the first updated investment agreement that Taiwan has signed with a country targeted by its New Southbound Policy.
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Title:
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China is reshaping the liberal order, and it’s for the better
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Author:
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Robert J. Hanlon
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Source:
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Asia and the Pacific Policy Forum
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Date:
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December 4, 2017
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Description:
- The establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank shows China is prepared to push to influence the liberal economic order while forwarding both its domestic and foreign policy interests, Robert Hanlon writes.