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Sino-Philippine ties undergoing quick development (Part 1)
MANILA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to the Philippines on April 26-28 at the invitation of his Philippine counterpart Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The visit is made at a time when the Sino-Philippine relations of strategic cooperation are seeing a momentum of rapid development in both political and economic fields between China and the Philippines and between China and ASEAN countries.
As former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has said, the Sino- Philippine relationship is now at its best in history and China has become an important partner of the Philippines in trade and investment for the first time in history.
The friendship between Chinese and Filipino peoples dated centuries back with trade and exchanges in ancient times. In 1975, China and the Philippines established diplomatic relations and both official cooperation and...