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China will work with whoever wins the Philippine presidential election and has no history of meddling in another country’s internal politics, Beijing’s envoy to Manila said on Saturday. “China never interferes in the internal politics of other countries and an election is the internal politics of the Philippines,” Huang Xilian said at a forum to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies. “We believe the Philippine people have the wisdom to choose their own leader.” Huang’s comments put to rest speculation by some Philippine analysts that China has a “ Manchurian candidate ” of choice it...
