The Philippines president promised to rotate the relationship to China to bring billions of dollars to invest, but the reality was controversial.
The Binondo Bridge - Intramuros, the project near Manila Center with an investment of 69 million USD from China, has late to hand over this time to another time.
The decision to rotate the relationship to Manila to Beijing was announced by the former Mayor Davao from the beginning of the presidential period in June 2016.
However, the figure of 24 billion USD is committed to investing in a visit to have a lot of skepticism right from the early days.
It has passed 5 years.
New three large-scale infrastructure projects are in the construction phase.
Week of Philippines Tracking fishing vessels suspected of Chinese marine militants in the South China Sea in April: AP.
Duterte's policy to China only created promises about the development and friendship, Paul Chambers, Naresuan University expert in Thailand, said.
The election candidates turn to the external external strategy.
China initially agreed to grant preferential loans with a total value of 9 billion USD to the Philippines.
The same situation takes place in the direct investment (FDI) when the total investment is approved to reach 3.2 billion USD compared to the original US $ 15 billion commitment.
Not only that, China also hit high interest rates for borrowing packages with strict security terms, according to Professor Philamer Torio of Ateneo Administrative School in Manila.
The Duterte government remained resolutely to protect foreign policy with China.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Carlos Dominguez in April stressed that Chinese capital projects were negotiated to promote national interests.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte met Chinese President Hijack in Beijing in October 2016.
I am confident of the Government's Construction Construction Construction Program (BBB) of the Government, along with the Belt and Road Initiative, which will reap long-term achievements on people's hands, President Duterte announced.
In terms of security, the Duterte government still believes that the friendship policy with China has improved the situation in the South China Sea, despite the fact that the Filipino ship has many dangerous encounters with militia and ships
Without a new occupation, there is no new island renovation, we have kept the status quo.
Electric Malacanang is still pleased with the speed of implementing Chinese capital infrastructure development projects.
In fact, foreign investment projects in the Philippines are easy to be difficult because of a time-consuming approval process, according to the Tina Clemente expert of the Filipino National University.
Economic integration with China is inevitable, but rarely expects to be better adjusted, Clement said.