Chinese envoy fawns over Marcos Jr. in embassy event

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<p>MANILA - Presidential contender Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. has attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Chinese embassy and had a talk with Beijing&#x27;s top envoy to Manila.</p><p>In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian showed pictures of Marcos attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Chinese embassy&#x27;s new photo wall, saying the former senator&#x27;s attendance was a &quot;great honor.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Hanging on the wall are photographs recording historic moments of China-Philippines relations, one of which on the top has depicted the historic scene of then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and then Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos signing the Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between our two counties on June 9, 1975,&quot; Huang said.</p><p>He said he hopes more people will commit to strengthening the partnership and cooperation between the two countries &quot;so as to bring more benefits to our two peoples and pass on our traditional friendship from generation to generation.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/AmbHuangXilian/posts/172255828431859" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Marcos was with his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, their son Joseph Simon, and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez during the ceremony.</p><p>The late dictator&#x27;s son, who is running for president in the 2022 elections, earlier said President Rodrigo Duterte was using &quot;the right way&quot; towards Beijing.</p><p>He confused however the International Criminal Court and the Permanent Court of Arbitration as he spoke about the 2016 ruling that invalidated China&#x27;s excessive claims over the South China Sea.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/24/21/marcos-agrees-with-duterte-china-policy-confuses-icc-arbitral-tribunal">Marcos backs Duterte policy on China but confuses ICC with arbitral tribunal</a></li></ul><p>Duterte has pursued investments and loans from China and refused to press the economic giant to follow the ruling.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1790270" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Marcos Jr. attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Chinese embassy and had a talk with Beijing's top envoy to Manila.

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Chinese envoy fawns over Marcos Jr. in embassy event

Chinese envoy fawns over Marcos Jr. in embassy event

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Published Oct 20, 2021 06:57 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 20, 2021 07:22 PM PHT

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