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MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday reaffirmed the cooperation and friendship between Philippines and China in areas like the COVID-19 pandemic and infrastructure development.

For someone who is hours away from his family, living alone on a college campus without in-person classes, and who infrequently sees a friend in the flesh, Hugh-Jay Yu has an impressively active social life.

A few months ago, Amber Smith was texting her friends about something utterly unimportant - the latest "Real Housewives" episode, she said, or some other small drama. It was the kind of interaction that had been getting her through the pandemic: quick banter, a lot of laughter.

With the entire nation under partial lockdown and night-time curfew, Songkran this year is bound to be a very muted affair.

The fifth Thai-Indian Funfair is returning to Srinakharinwirot University’s Bangkok campus this Saturday to strengthen friendship and promote socio-economic and cultural relations between both countries.

The Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty, in which Japan and China pledged to develop friendly relations, was signed 40 years ago this month.

Studies on the economic viability, structural engineering and environmental impact of the sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge will be completed in December, says the chief of the Highway Department.

Re: “Poor cousin India losing Nepal to rich neighbour China”, Opinion & Analysis, July 3.

A new page in diplomatic relations between China and Thailand began on July 1, 1975. The ties have been developing in a sound and stable manner over the past 43 years, setting a good example by co-existing in harmony and pursuing common development.

It’s always interesting to read the usual hate mongers treating sensible readers with undisguised contempt. If nothing else, it reaffirms our certainties of knowing right from obvious wrong.