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China’s Education Ministry has issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines, following what it describes as a series of criminal incidents targeting Chinese nationals

Manila’s significant shift could pave the way for the Philippines, an American treaty ally, to play a bigger role in regional defense if China invades Taiwan.

Ministry of Education says public security in the Philippines has been unstable and Chinese have frequently been targeted.

The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.

The U.S. Navy plans to build two facilities in the Philippines for repairing and maintaining Philippine military boats. The U.S.

The Taiwanese government is seeking to strengthen cooperation with the Philippines including on maritime patrols amid China’s increasing use of gray-zone tactics in the region.

China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries ...

Some analysts argue that the decline in tourism is closely linked to the ongoing tensions between the Philippines and China. In 2019 the Philippines attracted 1.74 million Chinese tourists to enjoy its scores of warm,

China and the Philippines blamed each other for the confrontation and each asserted their own sovereign rights over the shoal, which Filipinos call Ayungin and the Chinese call Ren’ai Jiao.

Scarborough Shoal is located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone and is nearly 700 miles from China.