Many Filipinos may not realize — as evidenced by rare coins, tradewares, and other unearthed artifacts — that there was extensive contacts between the Chinese and Filipinos long before the Spaniards discovered the archipelago and named it the Philippines.

Early records also indicate the active trading between the Chinese and Filipinos from the north to the south of the islands by the late 10th century; bartering mainly facilitated their transactions. The Filipinos also visited China as recounted in the story of the Sultan of Sulu Paduka Batara. The Sultan went to Beijing to pay tribute to the Imperial Court of Emperor Yung Lo in 1417, but died on his way back home.

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