{"id":224654,"date":"2019-07-27T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224654"},"modified":"2019-07-27T04:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T08:00:19","slug":"prrds-build-build-build-to-benefit-from-chinas-bri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/27\/prrds-build-build-build-to-benefit-from-chinas-bri\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD&#8217;s &#8216;Build, Build, Build&#8217; to benefit from China&#8217;s BRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_224655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224655\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gloria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224655\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gloria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gloria.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gloria-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE. (From left) China Public Diplomacy Association Vice President Hu Zhengyue, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Communication Secretary Martin Andanar attend the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum held at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on Friday (July 26, 2019). Arroyo said the BRI coincides with the Duterte administration\u2019s \u201cBuild, Build, Build\u201d program. (Photo courtesy of Radyo Pilipinas via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA&#8211; Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Friday that China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) coincides with President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s \u201cBuild, Build, Build (BBB)\u201d program.<\/p>\n<p>In her speech at The Belt and Road China-Philippines Forum in Pasay City, Arroyo explained that the initiative suits BBB projects, noting that \u201cthe Philippines is geographically located at the 21st century maritime silk road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese (projects) will open up more opportunities not only for investment but also the flow of trade. The main thing to focus now is on the implementation side,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing that China has proven to be a partner for development, Arroyo said the Philippine government appreciates the increase in capital and technological resources it provides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognizing that other Asian countries are small developing countries, China has provided financing platforms promoting infrastructures, resources development, and financial and industrial cooperations,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The former House of Representatives Speaker noted that the BRI forums, which aim to promote people-to-people exchange, will further strengthen the country\u2019s ties with China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8211; Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Friday that China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) coincides with President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":224655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224654","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224656,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224654\/revisions\/224656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}