Build, Build, Build program making strides

Duterte's latest visit to China will look to accelerate cooperation on infrastructure

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte embarks on his fifth visit to China, analysts expect the countries will speed up their cooperation, especially on infrastructure development.

China remains a crucial source of funding for the Philippines' flagship infrastructure projects, a key component in the Southeast Asian nation's thrust to become an upper-middle-income economy by 2022.