TOKYO -- The Philippines' economic planning chief says the country is open to investment from and trade with "any country, including China," even as tensions between the two keep growing in the South China Sea.
South China Sea
Philippines wants China economic ties despite tensions: top official
Manila hopes Japan will take a larger economic role, including more ODA funding
Arsenio Balisacan, secretary of the Philippine National Economic and Development Authority, expressed the importance of sustaining economic momentum at a media roundtable in Tokyo on June 20. (Photo by Yuichi Shiga)
Read Next
Latest on South China Sea
