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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Special Report: china-philippine relations

33 years of mutually beneficial economic, cultural and diplomatic cooperation 

Scandals, political issues won’t break RP-PRC amity

By Rene Q. Bas, Editor in Chief

NO bribery scandal, like the one about the ZTE NBN deal, no geopolitical issues, can break the resolve of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and apparently China’s President Hu Jintao to make the “Golden Age of Philippines-China relationship” go on forever (Chinese Ambassador Song Tao’s words).

On June 8, 2005, the 30th anniversary of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo correctly declared that Philippines-China relations had entered “the Golden Age.”

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Ties with PRC, now most important 
to RP, also involves security matters

Under the Arroyo administration, the relationship with China appears to have become the most important.

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FVR sees countless opportunities 
for Philippines in China connection

FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos is the most active mover and shaker for greater Philippine-China trade, investment and human development relations.

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2007 trade surge being repeated in 2008 despite global slowdown

The record-high surge in China-Philippine trade is being replicated in 2008.

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Protestations of love on China-Philippine Friendship Days

Every June 9 is Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day. It commemorates the establishment of relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China in 1975.

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