As part of a series on China’s regional influence, CNA speaks with Chinese retirees in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines about life overseas and how locals have been responding.

Davao del Sur was one of the first provinces ... Living in the foothills of Mount Apo, they keep age-old rituals, colorful beadwork, and rhythmic music. They have long called these foothills ...

The menu is a roll call of grand old restaurant dishes – the kind once printed on laminated menus in places where the dessert trolley made the rounds, pausing tableside like a visiting dignitary.