As arrests mount, Manila faces growing pressure to address systemic corruption that allows foreigners to obtain fake IDs.

Recent reports have raised similar concerns in the Philippines. For instance, the revelation that Alice Guo, a newly elected mayor, is actually Chinese has intensified fears of espionage within ...

MANILA – The Philippine authorities are pushing for tougher anti-espionage laws after the recent arrest of a suspected Chinese spy raised concerns over foreign intelligence threats to national ...

Chinese investments in the Philippines bring with it a lot of legal, and illegal, Chinese workers. The Philippines has been catching a growing number of these Chinese operating as spies. The most ...

The four Chinese nationals leading these civic ... gain influence or access to sensitive information in the Philippines.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Two Chinese nationals were detained in the Philippines last week, accused of espionage-related activities close to sensitive areas. Three Filipino accomplices had assisted, driving the pair in the ...

In response to a query regarding the Philippines' National Security Council's claim that China recently arrested three Philippine citizens suspected of espionage and labeled it a "retaliation ...

Manila [Philippines], April 7 (ANI): The Philippines has suggested that the detention of three Filipinos in China for alleged espionage might be a response to Manila's efforts to target supposed ...

China is a police state, a nation whose people are under constant surveillance, plus it owns one of the world's largest espionage networks ... members' perpetual fears that they may be scooped ...

(3rd UPDATE) At least two of the three Filipinos were beneficiaries of a scholarship program signed between the provinces of Hainan in China and Palawan in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines ...

Officials also found alleged Chinese military uniforms and suspected espionage equipment during Pogo hub raids conducted in 2024, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokeswoman Colonel Francel ...