‘A BROOM IS STURDIEST WHEN ITSBRISTLES ARE TIGHTLY BOUND’ China and the Philippines stand together to fight coronavirus

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After a charter flight touched downat Manila International Airportin the Philippines at 1:30 p.m.on April 5, Chinese medical expertson board were greeted by ChineseAmbassador to the Philippines HuangXilian together with Philippines’Foreign Affairs Secretary TeodoroLocsin, Presidential CommunicationsOperations Secretary Martin Andanarand Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusiamong other senior officials appearingon the tarmac. The experts brought acargo of medical supplies direly neededin the Philippines. On the package werethe words “A broom is sturdiest whenits bristles are tightly bound” in bothChinese and Tagalog.