Editing One China (section)

=== Philippine policy===
{{See also|China–Philippines relations|Philippines–Taiwan relations}}

Similar to other countries, the Philippines maintains a One China Policy.<ref name=PH-bane>{{cite news |last1=Burgonio |first1=T. J. |title='One China' policy a bane to Taiwan's trade |url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/160659/one-china-policy-bane-taiwans-trade |access-date=16 April 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=5 October 2017 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416035614/https://globalnation.inquirer.net/160659/one-china-policy-bane-taiwans-trade |url-status=live }}</ref> However, despite officially recognizing the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China since 1975, it also maintains economic and cultural relations with the Republic of China (or Taiwan).<ref name=PH-bane/><ref>{{cite news |title=China unhappy as Philippines signs investment deal with Taiwan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-philippines-idUSKBN1E217F |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=Reuters |date=8 December 2017 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416035614/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-philippines-idUSKBN1E217F |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lito Banayo]], chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan remarked that the country's One China Policy only proscribes the Philippines to enter into political and military agreements with the ROC.<ref name=PH-bane/>