MANILA, Philippines—Amid the escalating maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea, the Chinese government donated funds for the reconstruction of a typhoon-devastated hospital in Visayas, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

DFA said the Chinese Embassy in Manila donated a P100, 000 for the reconstruction of the Divine Word Hospital in Tacloban City.

The hospital was one of the heavily destroyed infrastructures in Tacloban after Super Typhoon “Yolanda” pummelled the Visayas.

The donation was handed to the international Bazaar Foundation, Inc. (IBF) chairperson Gretchen del Rosario by Chinese Embassy Spokesperson Zhang Hua.

The Philippines and China has been locked in a long standing maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea.

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