People walking under a shade during a hot day in Manila, Philippines on April 29, 2024. - AP
BEIJING: China’s Education Ministry issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines after what it said were a series of criminal incidents targeting them.
The brief warning Friday (July 18) did not identify any specific incidents but told students to increase their safety awareness should they choose to study in the Philippines.
The number of Chinese students in the country was not given but enrolments have fallen to just a few hundred in recent years, according to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.
In April, China issued a similar warning about the risk to Chinese students in the United States. - AP
