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at Jolo in the Archipelago of Sulu, where Chinese wharf and lodging quarters were established. On China’s southeastern coast, ship owning merchants realized the economic potential of the developing Manila Galleon trade between the Philippines and Mexico, by that the way was open for Chinese vessel to carry goods from China to Manila and there to be loaded for markets in Mexico. The Manila galleon trade open up opportunities not only on merchants but also on Chinese artisan, fishermen and market gardeners due to the needs of Spaniards settlement [14] .

Chinese had achieved a virtual monopoly in the retail commercial and industrial of the Spaniards settlement. Chinese were moving in the same direction in the other parts of the archipelago where the Spaniards established themselves. The settlement of Spaniards and immigration of Chinese resulted in the development of not just one but three economic system in the Philippines [15] . The plurality in economic life was paralleled by cultural pluralism. Formal social distinction between and among these cultural groups were built into administrative structure by the Spaniards [16] . The Chinese also have taxes and miscellaneous contribution to government interests and to private individuals and institutions. The Spain’s Chinese policy took form the three major elements were taxation, control and convertion. All the inhabitants of the Philippines was mandated to Catholicize and hispanize, but the Chinese cannot be easily converted or hispanizsed.

Chinese are predominantly non-Christians and mostly Buddhist they not tended to assimilate by inter-marriage and keep their own tradition and language. Chinese schools, newspaper and life styles have separated and marked as Chinese immigrants. Today they are controlling much of the commerce in Philippines [17] .

The Muslims

The Philippines was named after the Spaniards arrived and claimed the Philippine archipelago as archipelago for Spain. The Negritos are believed to have migrated to Philippines 30,000 years ago from Borneo, Sumatra and Malaya. The Malayan culture which apparently survived among certain groups called Igorots. Arab traders from Malay and Borneo introduced Islam in to the Philippines southern part or the Mindanao region.

The 'Propagation of Islam' began in the Sulu Islands and Mindanao, where Islam remains the major religion and spread as far north as Luzon. Tausug from Jolo, Maranao in Lake Lanao, Maguindanao of Cotabato, Samal in Tawi - Tawi and Badjao was the five major groups make up the Muslim minorities who successfully maintained their own identity and continue to claim the region as their own through the formation of Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao for self rule [18] .

During the Spanish era the Spaniards consolidate their control in northern island converted people into Christianity and call up them into their wars against Muslims in the South. Most Muslims give in to American military because their power is more decisively than Spaniards. The American policy of integration was indirectly a threat but stimulated the suspicions of many Muslims.

Most Philippine Muslims known as Moro or Bangsamoro which is literally means the Moro nation are most of the Malay people of Southeast Asia. Today the population of Muslim is five percent of the total number of Filipino people [19] .

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