{"id":191357,"date":"2018-11-27T03:23:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T08:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=191357"},"modified":"2025-01-10T07:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:34:01","slug":"no-debt-trap-in-china-funded-projects-envoy-assures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/27\/no-debt-trap-in-china-funded-projects-envoy-assures\/","title":{"rendered":"No debt trap in China-funded projects, envoy assures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_190639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190639\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190639\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Macky1-1-1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and President Xi Jinping of People&#8217;s Republic of China pose for a photo prior to their expanded bilateral meeting at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on November 20, 2018. RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; There is no danger of any debt trap in China-funded projects that account for about a third of the Duterte administration&#8217;s &#8220;Build, Build, Build&#8221; infrastructure program, a Chinese Embassy official assured Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those projects are proposed by the Philippine side and are economically viable and positive for the Philippine economy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rogaine online <a href=\"https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/rogaine.html\">https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/rogaine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> I can assure you that there will be no dangers of the so-called debt trap,&#8221; said Charg\u00e9 D&#8217;affaires Tan Qingsheng at the China-Philippines Business Forum at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Taguig City.<\/p>\n<p>While Beijing is ready to provide financial and technical support to the development of the country, Tan underscored the need for an &#8220;enabling environment&#8221; for Philippine-China economic ties to further thrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both countries need to provide an enabling environment for their enterprises to invest in each other&#8217;s country,&#8221; the envoy said, as he noted that economic cooperation is a win-win choice for both states and should be the &#8220;bedrock&#8221; of their relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some media reported that China-funded projects account for about a third of the government\u2019s 75 flagship infrastructure projects under the \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d program and the Philippines is facing a debt trap. I cannot understand the logic behind this,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy advair online <a href=\"https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/advair.html\">https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/advair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The statement came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his historic visit to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>During the trip, 29 cooperation documents were signed between the Philippines and China.<\/p>\n<p>Tan said this should translate to a &#8220;great opportunity&#8221; for both sides to explore more &#8220;possibilities&#8221; in its partnership, and improve its mutual trust and traditional friendship.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy glucophage online <a href=\"https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/glucophage.html\">https:\/\/eyecaremarshfield.com\/contactsus\/html\/glucophage.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; There is no danger of any debt trap in China-funded projects that account for about a third of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":190639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282190,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191357\/revisions\/282190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}