Erap does good attending China’s WWII memorial parade

MANILA Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada should be commended for attending today’s military parade marking Japan’s defeat in World War II. He is right that since Manila is a sister city of Beijing, and he was invited to Beijing and grace the event, he should be there.

Just as the apology he made on behalf of the Filipinos to Hong Kong and China for the killing of Chinese-Hong Kong people during the badly managed hostage taking at the Luneta grandstand, boosted people-to-people goodwill between China and the Philippines, this action of Mayor Estrada again somewhat repairs the damage to Philippine-PRC relations caused by the BS Aquino government’s incompetence in dealing with China.