The Philippines relations dealing with China and Taiwan is a very touchy subject. In the past Manila's relations with Beijing, China was hostile between the 1950's and 1960's and many of the Filipino-Chinese or Chinos communities had several relatives and partners in Taiwan. However, since 1973 commutations open between Manila and Beijing and peace had been correct. This peace agreement did not stand for very long after Beijing's sensitivity to what was supposedly a Philippine bias of kindness towards Taiwan. Incidentally, a Philippine government spokesperson referred a visit to Taiwan during a delegation as a representative of "the Republic of China". With this remark ...