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Malacañang on Thursday justified the appointment as specialenvoy to China of Domingo Lee, whose appointment as permanentambassador to China was earlier bypassed by the Commission onAppointments. "We need envoys to help us along. (China) is a vast country,you need people to specialize for instance, on attractinginvestors; we need also another envoy to attract... tourists forinstance," presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said. " So ang ginawa po natin ay nagbigay po tayo ng specific envoys tohandle specific areas po. So ‘yan po ang naging katwiran kungbakit po sila na-appoint, " he added. President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Lee as special envoy to China for tourism and culture; and formerDevelopment Bank of the Philippines chairman Cesar Zalamea asspecial envoy to China for investments. Both will serve for sixmonths. Aquino has yet to pick a new nominee for ambassador to China after the CA bypassed Lee's nominationthrice. Members of the CA believed Lee was not fit for the ambassadorialpost for failing to answer their questions, but President Aquinobelieved otherwise. ""Yung kay Ambassador Lee kasi... [he] is somebody whois prominent in the Chinese community, [he] is Chinese and knowsthe Chinese culture, knows how their system works and hasestablished a lot of contacts. That was the reason why he wasnominated," Aquino said in an earlier interview. The Philippine Embassy in China has been without an ambassadorsince February 2011 after the recall of another politicalappointee, businessman Francisco Benedicto. Lacierda said the President needs to put someone to take care ofthe other aspects of the country"s relation with China. "We have different levels of exchanges or rather relationswith China. We"re not only confined to a [strainedrelation]... [stemming from] the Panatag Shoal standoff," hesaid. "We have cultural exchanges, we have business, we havetourism... and we would like to explore all avenues of ourrelationships not only to focus on the contentious one," headded. As for the Panatag Shoal standoff, "we are actively seeking apeaceful resolution to the dispute," said Lacierda. — LBG, GMA News. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Led Corn Light Bulb , Flexible Led Ribbon Light Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Flexible Led Ribbon Light today!
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