CHINA has offered the Philippines guns and equipment worth $14.4 million as well as a $500-million soft loan to wage its war on drugs and combat terrorism, as Malacañang announced that the two countries could soon share resources in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) through “business tie-ups.”
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the latest offer came from Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua who met him and Duterte on Monday.
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