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Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time and shook hands last November 21 in Beijing. It was a historic occasion because the two countries had been locked in territorial disputes over islands and reefs in the West Philippine Sea ( South China Sea) for the past few years.

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Can we in the Philippines still save our bilateral ancient ties with our Asian neighbor — the world’s biggest nation and now already the second largest economy — in these troubled times of what China expert Chito Sta. Romana described as “the lowest point in our diplomatic relations”?

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/business-life/20140407/phil-china.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1267136 [Title] => Disputed waters [Summary] =>

When a group of scholars and geopolitical experts on Philippine-China relations put together a selection of articles for a book, the result is a collective body of work worth reading for anyone who has any interest in understanding the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the two countries.

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Chinese Ambassador  to the Philippines Ma Keqing on Friday disputed three various scenarios painting China as an aggressive military power, saying that the country places peace, development and cooperation among its priorities. 

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The Philippines is advised to consider focusing on restoring normal trade relations with China as it seeks to find a win-win solution on the conflict over Panatag shoal, experts said.

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Filipinos overseas find themselves out of their natural element, like fish out of water,” chef Peter Ayson says, “and yet, they’ve managed to shine and make our country proud.”

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The editor – Mr. Ben Bernales – who wrote the story and appended the erroneous paragraph apologizes, stating: "I regret not having double-checked and confirmed the veracity of such an assertion which is utterly baseless in fact."
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Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time and shook hands last November 21 in Beijing. It was a historic occasion because the two countries had been locked in territorial disputes over islands and reefs in the West Philippine Sea ( South China Sea) for the past few years.

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Can we in the Philippines still save our bilateral ancient ties with our Asian neighbor — the world’s biggest nation and now already the second largest economy — in these troubled times of what China expert Chito Sta. Romana described as “the lowest point in our diplomatic relations”?

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133750 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/business-life/20140407/phil-china.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1267136 [Title] => Disputed waters [Summary] =>

When a group of scholars and geopolitical experts on Philippine-China relations put together a selection of articles for a book, the result is a collective body of work worth reading for anyone who has any interest in understanding the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the two countries.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133740 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302661 [AuthorName] => Elfren S. Cruz [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 867457 [Title] => China envoy: We won't engage in arms race [Summary] =>

Chinese Ambassador  to the Philippines Ma Keqing on Friday disputed three various scenarios painting China as an aggressive military power, saying that the country places peace, development and cooperation among its priorities. 

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-16 14:13:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1223879 [AuthorName] => Cheryl Arcibal [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1997/96959834.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 841080 [Title] => Restore trade ties with China, Phl urged [Summary] =>

The Philippines is advised to consider focusing on restoring normal trade relations with China as it seeks to find a win-win solution on the conflict over Panatag shoal, experts said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 564081 [Title] => A splash of success [Summary] =>

Filipinos overseas find themselves out of their natural element, like fish out of water,” chef Peter Ayson says, “and yet, they’ve managed to shine and make our country proud.”

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432421 [AuthorName] => Julie Alegre [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7936/lif1thumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252768 [Title] => Organized chaos [Summary] => The other day, I talked to some foreign observers who have come to the conclusion that the elections were generally credible except that things are rather chaotic at this point. In fact, they dubbed it as "organized chaos". What is really chaotic here is the fact that so much time is being wasted in Congress by the antics of some politicos. We should just go through the process, determine who won, and if there were any cheating, refer it to the proper electoral tribunal. [DatePublished] => 2004-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 190164 [Title] => An apology from The STAR [Summary] => The article "Pinoy pilot lives to tell 1952 sky drama" published in the December 31, 2002, issue of The Philippine STAR concluded with a paragraph referring to Chito Sta. Romana and Jaime FlorCruz as having been involved in a later plane hijacking which was totally erroneous.

The editor – Mr. Ben Bernales – who wrote the story and appended the erroneous paragraph apologizes, stating: "I regret not having double-checked and confirmed the veracity of such an assertion which is utterly baseless in fact."
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