WASHINGTON, United States -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlights the "acute threat" posed by Moscow, but China is the most consequential challenge for the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds a media briefing at the Pentagon on October 27, 2022...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday, Oct. 27, congratulated China after concluding its Communist Party Congress, with Chinese President Xi Jinping securing a third term as general secretary of the ruling party. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) and Chinese President...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday, Oct. 27, hailed China for being the Philippines' “dependable partner” in the country’s infrastructure program, its concessional loans and grants. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the groundbreaking ceremony in Davao City of the...
China has joined the Philippine government in ground breaking for the Samal Island-Davao City Connector bridge project, which it helped fund by financing $350 million in concessional loan. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said Thursday that the project will facilitate the...
Amid disputes over the South China Sea or the West Philippines Sea, the Philippines is counting on the US in terms of upholding the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty, in accordance with international law. On top of that, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo...
The improving bilateral relations between the US and the Philippines, which weakened during the past administration, is not a "counterbalance" to the also strengthening partnership between China and the Philippines. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson made the clarification on...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed in talks Tuesday to work together to support Ukraine and stand up to China, the White House said. They spoke for the first time hours after Sunak became Britain's third prime minister this year,...
China’s top diplomat in Manila on Tuesday gave assurance that China is not bringing war nor colonization to the Philippines. Instead, China, which is on its path to modernization, will bring cooperation and friendship, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian added. Amid unresolved...
The Philippines could benefit from China’s bid for modernization as the two countries, both developing economies, have been making efforts to achieve economic development, China’s envoy to the Philippines said Tuesday. Ambassador Huang Xilian said Chinese modernization “will have far-reaching...
The US restriction on semiconductor trade against China is not likely to affect the Philippine electronics industry, the country’s largest export, on the contrary it will open opportunities for sourcing of wafer fabs in the US since most of the electronics firms in the country are dominated by...
China does not oppose the Philippines’ strengthened military cooperation with the US amid disputes over the South China Sea, which earned the concern of the Western power. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said Tuesday that China “has no objection” with regards to the...
The Philippines, like China, should depend on modernization to achieve economic development and social progress, among other arduous tasks it faces as a country, Chinese envoy to the Philippines said Tuesday. With the Philippines and China both developing countries in Asia, Chinese Ambassador to...
