Ambassador FlorCruz with the capacity-crowd at the Talk on his 50-year China journey (Photo by PhilChamSH).

SHANGHAI – An audience of Filipinos and foreigners journeyed back in time with Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime A. FlorCruz on 30 June 2024 during an intimate event that recounted the Ambassador’s remarkable half-century journey as a front-row witness to China’s modern history and development.

Organized by the Philippine Chamber of Business and Professionals in Shanghai (PhilChamSH), the Ambassador was the special guest in a talk titled “My 50-Year China Journey” held in Hotel Indigo Shanghai.

Engaging a capacity-filled venue, Ambassador FlorCruz provided attendees with a brief chronicle of his life in China that began in 1971 as a student learning about the country via an education tour. The Ambassador shared colorful stories of a remarkable life in China where his professional and personal life interlaced with significant periods in the country’s history as well as its transformation to the economic giant that it is today. Further illuminating these stories were the photos and memorabilia that the Ambassador brought for the audience to see. END