Ding Zi, director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau of the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, exchanges views with Manila Times publisher and editor Rene Q. Bas, managing editor Ares P. Gutierrez and editor in chief Nerilyn A. Tenorio during his visit to the newsroom on Wednesday. Zi was accompanied by his paper’s correspondent Wang Tianle (not in photo). PHOTO BY BONG RANES