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2. Various of national flags of China, Philippines at roadside

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) J. Prospero E. de Vera III, president, Philippine Commission on Higher Education (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"When universities work together, then that can be expanded beyond language to have teacher exchange, student mobility, etc. So one of the things that we're working at is to establish more [partnerships]. In the other parts of the country there are no Confucius Institutes, so that is one strategic activity that we need to push. We hope that in the remaining four years of the Duterte administration, we can achieve more than what we have achieved in the previous administrations."

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5. Buildings, pedestrians
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Herman Laurel, founder, Phil-BRICS Strategic Studies (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"We have 7,100 islands, so bridges from island to island, the big islands, are very, very important to improve our internal trade. So that is what we know will happen with President Xi Jinping's arrival and visit. And in the Philippines, [there will be] more tourists, more trade, we expect everything to go very well with our partnering with China."

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9. Various buildings, traffic

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10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Cai Tianbao, honorary president, Chinese-Filipinos Community's Davao branch (ending with shot 11):
"I'm looking forward to the visit of President Xi to the Philippines. And I hope that his visit could promote investment between China and Philippines, or improve cooperation on tourism and the export of agricultural products."

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13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hong Yuhua, founding president, Young Chinese-Filipinos Association (partially overlaid with shot 14/ending with shot 15):
"We, as Chinese-Filipinos, are very glad that President Xi will visit the Philippines. Now we really hope that China could help us in various areas such as technology, agriculture, and fishery. China has achieved a rapid development since its reform and opening-up, so we can learn from China on many aspects."

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Philippine experts and Chinese Filipinos have expressed their high expectations for the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the country on Tuesday, hoping this visit would further promote the partnership and cooperation between the two countries.

During the recent China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, dozens of representatives from Philippine universities and colleges participated in the event and sought out cooperation opportunities with Chinese universities.

J. Prospero E. de Vera III, president of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education, pointed out that the educational cooperation is a common focus between China and the Philippines. During a recent interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in Manila, he said he hopes that Xi's forthcoming visit could further promote cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries.

"When universities work together, then that can be expanded beyond language to have teacher exchange, student mobility, etc. So one of the things that we're working at is to establish more [partnerships]. In the other parts of the country there are no Confucius Institutes, so that is one strategic activity that we need to push. We hope that in the remaining four years of the Duterte administration, we can achieve more than what we have achieved in the previous administrations," said de Vera.

Herman Laurel, founder of the Phil-BRICS Strategic Studies group, said that in the past two years the two countries continuously deepened cooperation on infrastructure, economy, trade, agriculture, tourism and other aspects. He also believes Xi's forthcoming visit will help deepen the partnership between China and the Philippines.

"We have 7,100 islands, so bridges from island to island, the big islands, are very, very important to improve our internal trade. So that is what we know will happen with President Xi Jinping's arrival and visit. And in the Philippines, [there will be] more tourists, more trade, we expect everything to go very well with our partnering with China," he said.

With close economic and trade contacts between the two countries, a large number of Chinese people have moved to the Philippines over the past several decades. Many Chinese-Filipinos have gone on to make great contributions to local development, and see Xi's visit as a testament to the bond between the two countries and a chance to expand further cooperation.

"I'm looking forward to the visit of President Xi to the Philippines. And I hope that his visit could promote investment between China and Philippines, or improve cooperation on tourism and the export of agricultural products," said Cai Tianbao, honorary president of the Chinese-Filipinos Community's Davao branch.

"We, as Chinese-Filipinos, are very glad that President Xi will visit the Philippines. Now we really hope that China could help us in various areas such as technology, agriculture, and fishery. China has achieved a rapid development since its reform and opening-up, so we can learn from China on many aspects," said Hong Yuhua, founding president of Young Chinese-Filipinos Association in the Philippines.