Chinese Money Meets Filipino Politics
The headline-grabbing scandal roiling Manila these days over an allegedly bribe-laden nationwide broadband network contract signed between the Philippine government and China's Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE) Corp. merely highlights the fact that corruption remains deeply ingrained here.
Allegations of corruption have hounded the government …
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