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  1. PHILIPPINES business organizations called on officials to keep to established diplomatic channels and maintain careful economic statecraft rather than resort to inflammatory public recriminations in addressing issues with Chinese bureaucrats.They warn that harsh diplomatic sanctions and escalating rhetoric risk severe economic fallout. China remains a primary trading partner, a major source of imports and manufacturing/agricultural inputs, and a key market for Philippine exports.

    China dependence leaves Phl firms exposed

    Twenty-four business, labor and industry organizations, including the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc.,…

  2. Our grid has a China problem

    Our grid has a China problem

    We wanted private companies running our electricity grid. So, naturally, we ended up with another government owning part of the operator.

  3. CHINESE Ambassador Jing Quan

    Wearing your loyalties

    You do not need to support Marcos. You do not need to agree with Hontiveros. You certainly do not need to hate China. You simply need to remember which country…

  4. Teodoro urges firms to reduce reliance on China

    Teodoro urges firms to reduce reliance on China

    Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. has urged Philippine businesses to diversify their supply chains and seek alternative markets, warning that the…

  5. DEBRIS from China’s numerous rocket launches has routinely fallen into Philippine waters.

    China rocket rains unwanted gifts on Phl

    The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has warned that debris from China’s Long March 8A rocket, launched on 25 October 2026, may fall into Philippine waters,…

  6. Not so innocent

    Not so innocent

    Here’s the sordid part China’s backers don’t reveal about the Filipino garment industry: forced labor by China’s Uyghur minority and laid-off Filipino workers.

  7. Please invade us properly

    Please invade us properly

    China only has to wait for us to elect somebody willing to give it what a war would cost billions to take.

  8. Trump open to meeting Putin, Xi in China

    Trump open to meeting Putin, Xi in China

    ‘A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Russia, China and the US would do only the opposite: encourage Putin to continue this war.’

  9. Credible on power, not law

    Credible on power, not law

    China’s navy and coast guard could sink Philippine ships and hurt us badly, but firepower is not the same as victory.