Not backing down: Demonstrators marching towards the Chinese Consulate to protest Xi
MANILA: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Philippines for a state visit, aiming to advance strategic gains made under a Manila leadership that has favoured Beijing in the hope of receiving billions of dollars of loans and investment.
Xi’s visit comes two years after Philippine counterpart
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