China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo

Patrick Quintos and Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News

<figure class='op-interactive'><div id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container'> <ivs-player id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1' data-ivs-spid='3001339' data-ivs-key='e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603' data-ivs-vid='1447029' data-ivs-floating='1' ></ivs-player> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js'></script> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js'></script> </div></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='~//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='~//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.</p><p>Arroyo, who was president for nearly a decade until June 2010, said the ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations initially saw China as a rival in the 1980s.</p><p>"Everybody thought China would become a competitor. We did not predict that China was going to be class all its own," Arroyo told the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.</p><p>"Today, we see China is not a business competitor. It's a collaborator, a donor and a market," said Arroyo, who represents her home province of Pampanga in the House of Representatives.</p><p>China is among ASEAN's dialogue partners and is participating in this year's summit that is hosted by the Philippines.</p><p>Arroyo said ASEAN should work to achieve full integration by 2025 to become globally competitive.</p><p>"We need to have broken down non-tariff barriers to the free flow of goods and labor," she said.</p>

<p>"Everybody thought China would become a competitor. We did not predict that China was going to be class all its own," Arroyo told the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.</p><p>"Today, we see China is not a business competitor. It's a collaborator, a donor and a market," said Arroyo, who represents her home province of Pampanga in the House of Representatives.</p><p>China is among ASEAN's dialogue partners and is participating in this year's summit that is hosted by the Philippines.</p><p>Arroyo said ASEAN should work to achieve full integration by 2025 to become globally competitive.</p><p>"We need to have broken down non-tariff barriers to the free flow of goods and labor," she said.</p>

<p>MANILA - China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.</p><p>Arroyo, who was president for nearly a decade until June 2010, said the ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations initially saw China as a rival in the 1980s.</p>

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<p>China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.</p>

China has risen to become a "collaborator" in Southeast Asia, rather than a threat, helping spur the region's economies, former president Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday.

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China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo

China is Southeast Asia's 'collaborator,' says Arroyo