A PHILIPPINE VIEW OF 40 YEARS OF 'BREATHTAKING' CHANGES

Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo first visited China in 1975

Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has a sentimental attachment to China, and as a frequent visitor to the country since her first trip in 1975, she has witnessed epochal changes in the past 40 years.

Arroyo first visited China when she was co-chairperson of the Association for Philippines-China Understanding, a people-to-people organization that played a significant role in the establishment of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China in 1975.