Marcos: PH-China ties entering ‘new chapter’

MANILA, Philippines --- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to China on Tuesday for a three-day state visit, as he seeks to open what he called Manila's "new chapter" with Beijing even amid lingering tensions due to political and security issues in the West Philippine Sea. In a speech before boarding his flight at Villamor Air Base, the president said he was looking forward to discussing "political-security issues of a bilateral and regional nature" with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "The issues between our two countries are problems that do not belong between two friends such as Philippines and China," Marcos said, adding: "We will seek to resolve those issues to the mutual be...

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