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Title:
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Hundreds of Chinese vessels circling Pag-asa Island: military
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Author:
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Chiara Zambrano
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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March 29, 2019
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Description:
- Over 600 Chinese vessels have been circling Pag-asa Island (Thitu Island) in the West Philippine Sea since January this year, the military said Friday. The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed alarm over the presence of Chinese vessels, noting that these are very near the Philippine island and are almost stationary.
Political Security
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Title:
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Palace: China controls West Philippine Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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March 25, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippine government can only do so much as protest China's actions in the West Philippine Sea as Beijing has control over the area, Malacañang said Monday.
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Title:
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Pinoy fishermen being shooed from Scarborough Shoal: documentary
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Author:
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ABS-CBN News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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March 23, 2019
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Description:
- Filipino fishermen are being driven away from the Scarborough Shoal by China, according to a short documentary released by opposition senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares. In a Facebook video, two Filipino fishermen detailed how the Chinese Coast Guard would seize their catch and drive them away from the area.
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Title:
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Philippines worried it may get involved in ‘war’ at sea for US
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Author:
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Arab Times
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Source:
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Press Reader
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Date:
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March 6, 2019
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines, March 5, (AP): The United States is more likely to be involved in a “shooting war” in the disputed South China Sea than the Philippines but the latter would be embroiled in such a conflict just the same because of its 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington, the Philippine defense chief said Tuesday.
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Title:
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Top PH officials disagree on need to review U.S. defense treaty
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Author:
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Lara Tan
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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March 1, 2019
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Description:
- Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana on Friday publicly disagreed on the need to review the country's decades-old mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States.
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Title:
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Pompeo promises intervention if Philippines is attacked in South China Sea amid rising Chinese militarization
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Author:
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Regine Cabato and Shibani Mahtani
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Source:
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Washington Post
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Date:
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February 28, 2019
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Description:
- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that any attack on Philippine aircraft or ships in the South China Sea would trigger a response from the United States under a mutual defense treaty between the two countries, a firm assurance to its longtime ally amid rising Chinese militarization in the contested waters.
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Title:
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Philippines warns of China threat after US nuclear pact exit
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Author:
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John Reed
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Source:
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Financial Times
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Date:
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February 28, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines’ defence minister has said Washington’s withdrawal from a key missile treaty with Russia has “triggered a nuclear arms race” and he fears Beijing might target his country if the US were to use it as a staging post in a future atomic war with China.
Title:
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Philippines warns of China threat after US nuclear pact exit
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Author:
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John Reed in Bangkok and Kathrin Hille in Taipei
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Source:
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Financial Times
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Date:
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February 21, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines’ defence minister has said Washington’s withdrawal from a key missile treaty with Russia has “triggered a nuclear arms race” and he fears Beijing might target his country if the US were to use it as a staging post in a future atomic war with China.
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Title:
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Human rights an issue in new US funding support to the Philippines
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Author:
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Charmaine C. Deogracias
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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February 8, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines will receive US funding assistance under the newly-signed Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) that aims to promote Washington’s security and other interests in the Indo-Pacific region, but no funds will be given in support of the government’s anti-narcotics campaign unless certain human rights standards are satisfied.
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Title:
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Lorenzana wants PH to protest China 'rescue center' in Spratlys
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Author:
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Rambo Talabong
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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February 4, 2019
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines should protest China's so-called rescue center built on Kagitingan Reef (Fiery Cross Reef) in the West Philippine Sea, said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday, February 4.
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Title:
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‘Agree totally’: Locsin says gov’t should contest China facility on PH-claimed reef
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Author:
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ABS CBN News
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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February 3, 2019
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Description:
- Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday said he agreed "totally" with a call to contest China's construction efforts on the Kagitingan Reef in the West Philippine Sea. Locsin responded to an ABS-CBN News story, in which Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio said the government must defend the territory where China was reportedly building a maritime rescue center.D
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Title:
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China opens rescue center on Kagitingan Reef
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 30, 2019
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Beijing has established a maritime rescue center on Kagitingan or Fiery Cross Reef, one of its military outposts in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. According to a report from Chinese state-run Xinhua, China's Ministry of Transport opened the center to support rescue operations in the southern part of the disputed waterway.
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Title:
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Beijing says China and US are 'mutually indispensable'
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Author:
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Al Jazeera
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Source:
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Al Jazeera
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Date:
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January 24, 2019
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Description:
- China and the United States cannot do without one another, one of Beijing's most senior officials said as the world's two biggest economies struggle to end a damaging trade war. "The Chinese and US economies are mutually indispensable, so their relations must be mutually beneficial and win-win," Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.
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Title:
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Philippines Should Take Over Shipyard to Keep It From Chinese, Officials Say
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Author:
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Jason Gutierrez
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Source:
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The New York Times
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Date:
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January 17, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippine government should take control of the country’s largest shipyard, the defense secretary said on Thursday, after officials raised concerns that Chinese companies seeking to take it over would act as agents of Beijing, projecting China’s power deeper into the region.
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Title:
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US most trusted Philippines ally – Pulse Asia
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Author:
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Helen Flores
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 15, 2019
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Description:
- The United States has remained the country most trusted by Filipinos, and Russia and China the least, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey. The poll, taken from Dec. 14 to 21 last year, showed 84 percent of Filipinos saying the Philippines should extend “a great deal/fair amount of trust” to the US. This was higher than the 79 percent recorded in March 2017.
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Title:
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Satellite images confirm surge of China vessels in WPS
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Author:
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PAOLO ROMERO
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 12, 2019
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Description:
- Satellite, radar and infrared images taken over a span of six months last year showed an alarming increase of fishing vessels – mostly Chinese – in the West Philippine Sea that not only have further degraded marine resources in the area but also increased risks of armed conflict in the disputed waters, a security expert has warned. Gregory Poling of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative in his article published in the AMTI website last Jan. 9 analyzed the results of the six-month collaboration between the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Vulcan Inc.’s Skylight Maritime Initiative.
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Title:
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China’s consulate-general in Davao starts processing of visa
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Author:
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Germelina Lacorte
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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December 10, 2018
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Description:
- DAVAO CITY – China’s consulate general here formally launched its visa-processing center on Monday, which means overseas contract workers, tourists and other visitors to China no longer have to go to Manila to process their documents.
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Title:
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China won’t recognize PH arbitral victory over WPS – Locsin
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Author:
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Daphne Galvez
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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November 26, 2018
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Description:
- China “won’t respect” the Philippines’ arbitral tribunal victory over the West Philippine Sea, so “who are we to impose that upon them?” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Monday. The remark came when Locsin was asked, in an interview over ABS CBN News Channel, whether China would respect the United Nations’ (UN) Arbitral Tribunal’s decision in relation to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for oil and gas development cooperation with the Philippines.
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Title:
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Full text of China-Philippines joint statement
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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Xinhua
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Date:
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November 21, 2018
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Description:
- 1. Upon the invitation of His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines, His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, paid a State Visit to the Philippines on 20 to 21 November 2018.
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Title:
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Xi: PHL, China boost ties to strategic cooperation
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Author:
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Virgil Lopez
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Source:
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GMA Online
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Date:
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November 20, 2018
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to upgrade Philippines-China relations to "a strategic cooperation", the Chinese leader declared at a joint press conference in Malacañang on Tuesday.