You are definitely seen as a member of the Greater Asian family. To fell prey to imperialism is the disgrace of those imperialists, in the first place. China suffered in the hands of the colonialists, also, and was forced to sign unjust treaties.
What we need now is common development, and as I see it, the engine of the region is China. Beijing, for one thing, does not want to create a Latin America for itself, like, prosperity in the North and misery in the South. Beijing does not wish and plan to interfere in nobody's internal business, install Beijing-friendly dictators, unlike the regular US practice.
We do have maritime disputes and, one way or another, history moves. But even our disputes are under the greater common identity of Asia; there is no denying of it.
Wish the Philippines the best in everything and looking forward to grow our bilateral trade two fold within the decade.