Michael Yang

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Yang Hongming (Chinese: 杨鸿明), commonly known as Michael Yang in the Philippines, is a Chinese businessman who is an associate of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th president of the Philippines. From 2016 to 2018, Yang served as president Duterte's economic adviser both informally and formally despite being constitutionally barred from holding a Philippine cabinet position. In 2020, Yang was linked in the Pharmally scandal which allegedly overpriced procurement contracts for medical supplies to be used by the Philippine government during the COVID-19 pandemic. A native of Fujian, China, Yang moved to Davao City in the late 1990s. He became acquainted with Duterte in 1999 after requesting his permission to establish the Davao City Los Amigos (DCLA) mall in the city. In the 2000s, Yang established the real estate company Yangtze River Group in Davao, and by the 2010s was named chairman of the Full Win Group based in Xiamen, Fujian. By 2019, Yang and his business partners in Pharmally headed Paili Holding...

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