PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to elevate the Philippines-China relationship into a strategic cooperation, citing the two countries’ “shared determination to be good friends and good neighbors.”

BYE Amid a drizzle, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves goodbye as he boards an Air China plane at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City at the end of his two-day state visit to the country. He is the first Chinese president to hold a state visit to the Philippines in 13 years. AFP PHOTO

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