Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) secretary Alan Peter Cayetano during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool
BEIJING (Reuters) - Relations between China and the Philippines have entered a "golden period of fast development", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, touting growth in trade ties and bilateral efforts to settle disputes in the South China Sea.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has opted to court China for its business and investment and avoid the rows over maritime sovereignty that dogged his predecessors.
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