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topicnews · July 20, 2025

China gives up the security warning for its nationals who study in the Philippines

China gives up the security warning for its nationals who study in the Philippines


Beijing (AP) – China's Ministry of Education gave up a security warning for Chinese students in the Philippines after they aimed at a number of criminal incidents.

The short warning on Friday did not identify any specific incidents, but asked the students to increase their security awareness if they decided to study in the Philippines. The number of Chinese students in the country was not given, but the registration has dropped to just a few hundred in recent years, according to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.

The relationships between the governments of China and the Philippines are particularly tense due to disputes over disputes Maritime claims in the South China SeaWhat China almost entirely claims. China used Water cannons And other non-fatal clashes to take off the Filipino fishing boats.

The Under -State Secretary Claire Castro from the Office of President said on Friday that China has the right to give such a advice, but underlined that the crime rate in the Philippines has dropped, and “Security and security in the Philippines, we can say that we have improved.”

The police reaction to public concerns about crime was quick. Crimes that were triggered by Chinese online gambling have decreased or were eradicated, and many Chinese suspects were deported by the Philippines, Castro told daily news information.

In February there was a 14-year-old Chinese student Kidnapped in Manila From a gang guided by China who killed his driver and cut off his student's finger to force his parents to pay a large ransom. The Filipino Interior Minister said that the student's family and the kidnapper's Chinese leader were supposedly former operators of lucrative online gambling.

Politically, China has rejected a determined court decision to the Hague that excluded the most demands of China in the South China Sea and has turned out to be close relationships between the resentment Us and manila.

China often disrupts cultural and economic ties to register his dissatisfaction with measures by foreign governments.

In April China gave a similar warning about the risk of Chinese students in the United States.