China has warned its citizens not to travel to the Philippines

[TaiShang]

China urges Philippines to find kidnappers of Chinese citizen
Editor: Zhang Jianfeng 丨Xinhua

09-15-2014 18:45 BJT


BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday voiced serious concern over violence against its citizens in the Philippines, and urged the country to solve the kidnapping of a Chinese citizen and arrest those responsible.

"The Chinese embassy in the Philippines has demanded the Philippine government solve the case, arrest the criminals, and ensure the safety of Chinese institutions and staff there," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily press briefing.

A 18-year-old Chinese businessman was kidnapped in southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay on Sept. 11. Another Chinese citizen received gunshot wounds in Mecauayan in the northern Philippine province of Bulacan on Saturday.

China has warned its citizens not to travel to the Philippines and reminded Chinese citizens there to take precautions.

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese targeted by Philippine nationalism

A Chinese citizen sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot in Meycauayan in Bulacan Province of the Philippines on Saturday. He is the third Chinese citizen to be targeted in the Philippines in the space of five days after two Chinese nationals were abducted on September 8 and 11. One escaped, but the other is still missing. Although the Philippines is suffering from a deteriorating security situation, the spate of incidents targeting the Chinese over the past week inevitably prompts the public to connect them to the escalation in tension between Beijing and Manila.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Tourism Administration have both advised Chinese tourists to avoid travelling to the Philippines. Many travel agencies have suspended services to the Philippines, which means its tourist industry is bound to suffer heavy losses.

Beijing has urged Manila to arrest the criminals and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens in the Philippines. However, we can't expect the warnings will yield instant results. In 2010 eight Hong Kong tourists died in a bus hijacking in Manila and in 2013 a fisherman from Taiwan was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard. The Philippine government failed to adopt immediate measures each time.

To begin with, the Philippine authorities are a major agitator of a nationalist and anti-China sentiment among its population, which can easily turn into extremism. Plus, the government of the Philippines lacks the ability to manage safety issues. Consequently, certain criminals may take advantage of this anti-China mood as a cover to increase the likelihood of escaping punishment for their crimes.

Poor social governance, an anti-China sentiment and a Western-style democratic system where nationalism can foment wantonly make the Philippines a quasi-rogue state. Dealing with it is aimed at guaranteeing the safety of Chinese citizens there, but the key lies in not going there for the moment.

The simple promise to "guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens in the Philippines" emanating from Manila came so easy, but lacks any particular sincerity from its authorities or support from its police. We demand that Philippine President Benigno Aquino III makes a public apology for the serial attacks on Chinese citizens and severely reprimands the criminals, which may add to our confidence in the Philippine government ensuring the safety of Chinese citizens. Apart from this, Manila should take actions to crack down on provocations emanating from the extreme anti-China sentiment.

We will not sever our engagement with the Philippines as it is our near neighbor. Nevertheless, given what it has done recently, we are highly suspicious of whether it is capable of abiding by international laws. We advise Chinese citizens not to travel there in the near future, which, while being an act of caution to ensure one's safety, is also a warning signal to the Philippines.

 

[Zero_wing]

Well if you people will not be expansionist imperials good relations will never be damage and again its generally safe here expect southern Mindanao and few conflict zone and if your going to show case that group who fail they new but not dagerous i think it was political stunt nothing more and i am anti chinese chinoy am tell you imperials that your slanderous propaganda is just base on half true to blow this all in blow out of proportions to serve their anti peace and anti filipino agenda.

But again your not so important to the Philippine Economy as proven by continues economic attacks of your Imperialist government and its fellow imperials and anti filipino chinese and come to think about it if china stops all economic activities it would hurt a bit but in the long run it would uplift our dead Industries and taxes on resources will be paid and extraction of said resources would be legal and benefiting for all plus their are alot of countries ready to fill the gap

 

[Ayan81]

why do you always pressure the government in making public apology. did we force your government when filipinos dies in china?
Pinoy tourists stabbed dead in Beijing | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
Filipina doctor killed, family injured in Tiananmen Square 'terrorist attack': Shanghaiist

 

[trollhunter]

WAT!!!

 

[jkroo]

They are targeting at our people and we saw what happened. Our government should release alert earlier and our citizens should also be aware of the security issues earlier, maybe these citizens won't die.
Our citizens should take this advice seriously to avoid any unfortunate offenses in this country.

 

[Bienvenido]

Well if you people will not be expansionist imperials good relations will never be damage and again its generally safe here expect southern Mindanao and few conflict zone and if your going to show case that group who fail they new but not dagerous i think it was political stunt nothing more and i am anti chinese chinoy am tell you imperials that your slanderous propaganda is just base on half true to blow this all in blow out of proportions to serve their anti peace and anti filipino agenda.

But again your not so important to the Philippine Economy as proven by continues economic attacks of your Imperialist government and its fellow imperials and anti filipino chinese and come to think about it if china stops all economic activities it would hurt a bit but in the long run it would uplift our dead Industries and taxes on resources will be paid and extraction of said resources would be legal and benefiting for all plus their are alot of countries ready to fill the gap

That's it! China just want to cripple our tourism sector and economy.

why do you always pressure the government in making public apology. did we force your government when filipinos dies in china?
Pinoy tourists stabbed dead in Beijing | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com
Filipina doctor killed, family injured in Tiananmen Square 'terrorist attack': Shanghaiist

Exactly! China is also a dangerous place. Just look at Uighur uprising, unrest in Tibet, violent Christian cults, and even terrorist attacks at Tienanmen square which killed a Filipino and others.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

That's it! China just want to cripple our tourism sector and economy.


Exactly! China is also a dangerous place. Just look at Uighur uprising, unrest in Tibet, violent Christian cults, and even terrorist attacks at Tienanmen square which killed a Filipino and others.

So you still hate us when we don't wanna come to Philippines?

You guys have a strange logic.

 

[Cossack25A1]

From how things are going, China keeps saying to their own people that other countries that are in dispute with them are evil and dangerous.

 

[TruthSeeker]

The prudent thing for all Chinese "businessmen" to do: STAY HOME!! DON'T GO ANYWHERE!

This helpful advice has been brought to you by your American friend, TruthSeeker.

 

[Bienvenido]

So you still hate us when we don't wanna come to Philippines?

You guys have a strange logic.

For all we know that is clearly politically motivated.

 

[Zero_wing]

So you still hate us when we don't wanna come to Philippines?

You guys have a strange logic.

Unlike you our hate is real but we dont take out on normal folks we hate your imperialist government and some of your countrymen conducting illegal activities here

 

[sicsheep]

Unlike you our hate is real but we dont take out on normal folks we hate your imperialist government and some of your countrymen conducting illegal activities here

fine, please why you still issuing visas to Chinese then? haha

 

[Zero_wing]

fine, please why you still issuing visas to Chinese then? haha

Why if they come let them come if not fine am just saying their propaganda is wrong

 

[sicsheep]

its not propaganda, why not just stop kidnapping our citizens?
we have disputes with many countries, did we ever issue this kind of warning with Japan?
If you can't keep our citizen safe, of course we need to warn them, its the responsibility of our government to advise them not to go to a country if their lives could be in danger.