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The Philippines and China signed an air rights agreement in 2010, significantly increasing flights between the two countries. [10]: 159 In August 2011, the Philippines and China signed a five-year trade development program worth US$6 billion. [10]: 160
The recorded history of the Philippines between 900 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation in 822 Saka (900 CE). The discovery of this document marks the end of the prehistory of the Philippines at ...
e. The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Chinese Filipinos are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. [ 5] Chinese immigration to the Philippines occurred mostly during the Spanish colonization of the islands between the 16th and 19th centuries, attracted by the lucrative trade of the Manila galleons.
The Philippine Commonwealth was established in 1935, as a 10-year interim step prior to full independence. However, in 1942 during World War II, Japan occupied the Philippines. The U.S. military overpowered the Japanese in 1945. The Treaty of Manila in 1946 established the independent Philippine Republic.
Trade with Ming China via Manila served as a major source of revenue for the Spanish Empire and as a fundamental source of income for Spanish colonists in the Philippine Islands. Galleons used for the trade between East and West were crafted by Filipino artisans. [23] Until 1593, two or more ships would set sail annually from each port. [24]
China also had vassals among the leaders in the archipelago. China attained ascendancy in trade with the area in Yongle's reign. 1411 Paduka Pahala reigned as the King of Lupah Sug in Sulu. He and his family and 300 other people of noble descent sailed to China, he was to pay tribute to the Yongle Chinese emperor, Zhu Di, who was of the Ming ...
Tondo Conspiracy (1587–1588) The Tondo Conspiracy of 1587–1588, also referred to as the " Revolt of the Lakans " and sometimes the " Conspiracy of the Maharlikas " was a plot against Spanish colonial rule by the Tagalog and Kapampangan nobles of Manila and some towns of Bulacan and Pampanga. [ 3]