“MANILA” is displayed as 馬尼拉 on an inflight map, if travelling from MNL to LAX on a Taiwan-based airline.
In Westworld season 3 episode 1, a local fisherman in Rizal, Palawan speaks Mandarin in the year 2053.
The US and the Philippines continue to hold joint military drills in response to ongoing naval disputes between Chinese and Filipino vessels in the EEZ.