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Title:
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Philippines to protest to China over apparent airbase on manmade island
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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January 9, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation’s defense minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarize artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
Political Security
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Title:
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India’s Act-East policy can deter Chinese aggression
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Author:
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Vinod Anand
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Source:
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DNA India
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Date:
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December 22, 2017
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Description:
- Recently the ASEAN India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on the theme of “Powering Digital and Physical Linkages” for Asia in the 21st century was held in New Delhi. Since the unveiling of India’s Look East Policy in 1992 and then its transformation into “Act East Policy” in 2014, India has endeavoured to strengthen connectivity to ASEAN in a variety of ways.
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Title:
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Trump and China: 2018 could get nasty
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Author:
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Jethro Mullen
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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December 21, 2017
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Description:
- The United States vs. China was the 2017 trade battle that never materialized. But 2018 could be a different story.
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Title:
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Duterte's deflecting skills will soon not be enough
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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December 21, 2017
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Description:
- The year 2017 was a particularly auspicious one for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in many ways. The controversial Filipino leader, who was elected just a year ago (mid-2016), leveraged Manila's turn as the Asean chair to project himself as a regional power broker.
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Title:
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China's Once Impossible Friendship With The Philippines Hits Another New High
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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December 12, 2017
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Description:
- It looked like harmless progress on the surface, but Manila’s deal this month with Taipei symbolized a broader victory. On December 7, the two Asian governments renewed a bilateral investment agreement. The deal fits with Taiwan’s policy of steering investment toward the booming markets of Southeast Asia and the Philippine goal of bringing in more foreign capital. It’s designed to protect capital from one side parked on the other and forms a “foundation” to “continue strengthening cooperation,” Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement in Taipei.
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Title:
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Expert: PH should explore more VFA-type pacts
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Author:
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Roy Mabasa
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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December 10, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines should explore more Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)-type pacts with other countries in Asia Pacific to counter China’s continuing expansion in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS), a security and international studies expert said over the weekend.
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Title:
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Lorenzana wants to reactivate self-reliant defense program
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Author:
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Priam Nepomuceno/PNA
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Source:
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PTV News
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Date:
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December 12, 2018
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Description:
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday underscored the urgent need for the country to revive its Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) program, given the variety of security threats it is facing.
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Title:
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Australia seeks to curb China's infrastructure influence
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Author:
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Angus Grigg Lisa Murray
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Source:
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The Australian Financial Review
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Date:
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December 3, 2017
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Description:
- A reconvened security grouping comprising Australia, the United States, India and Japan is seeking to bolster infrastructure lending across the region, in an effort to counter China's use of major projects to gain influence.
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Title:
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Time to consider the ICJ as China-PH next forum
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Author:
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FRANCISCO TATAD
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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December 4, 2017
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Description:
- The Vietnamese government must have been pleasantly surprised when after apologizing for the incident last Sepember, in which two Vietnamese fishermen were killed while poaching inside Philippine waters, President Rodrigo Duterte last Wednesday personally sent off the five other illegal fishermen who had been arrested and detained after the incident. Indeed, the killing was regrettable, as every other killing is, but DU30 has never publicly apologized for any killing before, so Hanoi has every reason to be grateful.
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Title:
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Joint Press Statement: U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue 2017
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Author:
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Office of the Spokesperson
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Source:
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US Department of State
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Date:
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December 1, 2018
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Description:
- The United States and the Republic of the Philippines held the seventh Bilateral Strategic Dialogue from November 30-December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs David Helvey co-led the U.S. delegation. Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Enrique Manalo and Department of National Defense Undersecretary Ricardo David co-led the Philippine delegation.
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Title:
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China’s Korean Peninsula balancing act
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Author:
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Nate Kerkhoff
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Source:
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East Asia Forum
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Date:
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November 29, 2017
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Description:
- During its 19th National Communist Party Congress spectacular in October 2017, China indicated that it would take a more active approach to foreign policy. There have already been indications that China’s revamped foreign policy is in action in the Korean Peninsula. But whether or not this signals a new era of actively promoting its political system abroad remains to be seen.
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Title:
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United we should stand
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Author:
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Dindo Manhit
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 27, 2017
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Description:
- Once again, the Philippines is thrust into a historical juncture with evolving political-security and economic challenges impinging upon its national interest and those of other member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Title:
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‘China has gained the upper hand’ – maritime affairs expert
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Author:
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Tricia Aquino
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Source:
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Interaksyon
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Date:
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November 24, 2017
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Description:
- In November last year, Filipinos were allowed to fish once more in the disputed Scarborough Shoal after a visit to Beijing by President Rodrigo Duterte, with the Chinese coast guard no longer driving the Filipinos away in favor of protecting their own fishermen.
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Title:
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Trump’s loss, China’s gain?
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Author:
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Bobby M. Tuazon
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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November 23, 2017
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Description:
- Is superpower America losing its grip on Asia? US President Donald Trump’s presence at the Asean Summit was ponderous compared to the demeanor of other delegates. He also missed the East Asian Summit on Nov. 14, leaving many Asean leaders clueless on whether the region was in his interest radar.
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Title:
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Duterte open to lifting moratorium on joint exploration in West PH Sea
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Author:
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Llanesca Panti
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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November 22, 2017
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Description:
- PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is open to lifting the moratorium on oil exploration at the West Philippine Sea. Duterte raised the possibility a week after he met with People’s Republic of China Premier Li Keqiang who, in a joint statement, said that the two countries “may explore means to cooperate with each other in other possible maritime activities, including maritime oil and gas exploration and exploitation.”
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Title:
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Philippines brought up arbitral win in talk with China: Cayetano
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Author:
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Trishia Billones
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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November 21, 2017
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Description:
- The Philippines has brought up its arbitration victory over China on maritime rights in the South China Sea during their bilateral meeting, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday.
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Title:
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Trump’s Asia strategy
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Author:
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DAN STEINBOCK
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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November 20, 2017
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Description:
- Trump’s critics claim that he lacks a comprehensive approach to Asia. In reality, his current approach is aligned with moderate ‘America First’ goals. But what did Trump really achieve in Asia?
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Title:
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ASEAN 2017: A wasted opportunity for the West Philippine Sea
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Author:
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PATERNO ESMAQUEL II
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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November 20, 2017
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Description:
- When the Philippines won a case against China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), experts hoped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would rally around the ruling to tame an aggressive Beijing.
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Title:
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China rising
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Author:
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MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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November 19, 2017
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Description:
- The Great Man Theory of history simply says that great leaders with charisma, intelligence, wisdom and political skills immensely shape their country and the world through their monumental and game-changing acts and decisions. It was popular in the 19th century but from the 20th century forward, it had lost its currency.
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Title:
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FULL TEXT: Joint statement of the Philippines and China
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Author:
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Philippines and China
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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November 16, 2017
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Description:
- Upon the invitation of H.E. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines, H.E. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, paid an Official Visit to the Philippines from 15 to 16 November 2017.