The American media tried their best to sow discord between the Philippines and China, but ended up hitting a soft nail in front of the Philippines. Bloomberg reported on the 5th that among the 14 infrastructure projects supported by China in the Philippines, the Binondo-Intramuro

2024/05/0911:03:32 hotcomm 1810

Source: Global Network

[Global Network Report Reporter Hou Jiaxin] The American media tried their best to sow Philippines relations with China, but ended up hitting a soft nail in front of the Philippines.

United States Bloomberg html said on the 35th that among the 14 infrastructure projects supported by China in the Philippines, the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge project will be completed later this year. According to the report, the remaining large-scale projects funded by China have either not yet broken ground or have not yet received approval, and only three are under construction.

The American media tried their best to sow discord between the Philippines and China, but ended up hitting a soft nail in front of the Philippines. Bloomberg reported on the 5th that among the 14 infrastructure projects supported by China in the Philippines, the Binondo-Intramuro - DayDayNews

(Screenshot of Bloomberg report)

The report also quoted some Philippine politicians, claiming that China's aid to the Philippines had "reservations" from the beginning, and some people accused Philippine President Duterte of his China policy. Not only that, Bloomberg also "carefully" produced a table showing other countries' aid to the Philippines, trying to prove that Japan, the United States and other countries were more helpful to the Philippines.

However, Bloomberg’s provocation did not seem to be effective, and the Philippines made a statement on the matter that day. According to a report by the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on the 5th, Malacañang is currently satisfied with the progress of large-scale projects funded by China.

The American media tried their best to sow discord between the Philippines and China, but ended up hitting a soft nail in front of the Philippines. Bloomberg reported on the 5th that among the 14 infrastructure projects supported by China in the Philippines, the Binondo-Intramuro - DayDayNews

(Screenshot of PNA report)

When asked about the progress of China’s aid projects in the Philippines, Harry Roque, spokesperson of the Philippine Presidential Office, said at a press conference on the 5th local time: “Well, we want more, but we are satisfied because There was nothing before. "Something is better than nothing," the Philippine media Politics summed up Malacañang's statement.

reported that at a time when the Philippines' policy towards China has been criticized, Roque said that since the Duterte administration came to power, trade and tourism relations between the Philippines and China have improved greatly.

"We really have more investment. Of course, because of the epidemic, our tourism industry has stopped temporarily, (but before) we witnessed a surge in tourists from China." Locke said.

Regarding China’s aid projects to the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin recently stated that China and the Philippines have always actively promoted cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results. Relevant Chinese projects have made positive contributions to the economic and social development of the Philippines.

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