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Welcome to visiting China foreign minister
We welcome the visit to the Philippines today of China’s Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi. It comes in the wake of the welcome news that the Philippines will be receiving 25 million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine, with the first shipment of 50,000 doses coming next month.
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Forging a Closer China-Philippines partnership in the new era
On 14 April 2020, at the height of the Philippines’ battle against COVID-19, a “Goodwill Flight” chartered from China fully loaded with anti-pandemic supplies landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport despite temporary commercial flights suspension.
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PH in 2021 – from recession to recovery
The Philippines fell into recession in 2020, like many other nations in the world, as the COVID-19 pandemic stopped virtually all economic activity. The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 16.5 percent in the second quarter of April-May-June from the previous year, the biggest slump since GDP recording started in 1981.