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It was only in November last year that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. first met Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok. There, the Chinese leader invited President Marcos to go to Beijing for a state visit in early January. The visit did take place from January 3 to 5. And the two leaders certainly brought bilateral relations to a new and higher level, as the brief visit yielded a bountiful harvest of agreements that will boost our efforts to revive our economy. The Philippines secured fresh loans from China totaling $201.8 million...
