China–Philippines relations

There are diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Philippines.

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the Philippines, as late as 2018.[1]

Then-president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, visited China as late as 2019.[2]

In regard to the Belt and Road initiative: In 2023, the Philippines (pulled out, or) withdrew from the Belt and Road initiative; That happened during the presidency of Bongbong Marcos.[3]

Territorial disputes

There are territorial disputes between China and the Philippines.

Spratly Islands; The two countries have disputes over the sovereignty of some islands and shoals in the Spratly Islands.[4][5]

Near Scarborough Shoal

In the area near Scarborough Shoal (map) there have been incidents involving ships from the navies of China and the Philippines. As late as August 11, 2025, a ship (BRP Suluan), from the Phillipines Coast Guard, was chased by ships belonging to the Chinese government; Two of the Chinese ships crashed with each other.[6] A U.S. destroyer came to the area (August 13); That was the first time in 6 years, that a U.S. warship came close to the shoal.[7]

Earlier (and in year 2012), the 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff happened.[8]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/world/chinas-xi-visits-philippines-as-duterte-pressed-to-take-tougher-line-idUSKCN1NP0BY/. Retrieved 2025-08-13
  2. ↑ Merez, Arianne (April 24, 2019). "Duterte off to China as PH seeks role in Belt and Road initiative". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ "After Italy, Philippines to exit China's Belt and Road Initiative". Times Now. 4 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lawless Ocean: The Link Between Human Rights Abuses and Overfishing". Yale E360. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Taiwan's new president faces an upsurge in Chinese coercion". The Economist. 16 May 2024. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3085125/chinese-ships-collide-while-chasing-philippine-vessel?tbref=hp. Retrieved 2025-08-12
  7. ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3086029/china-us-trade-barbs-over-destroyer-passage-near-scarborough-shoal-as-incident-follows-collision-between-two-chinese-vessels?tbref=hp. Retrieved 2025-08-14
  8. ↑ Zirulnick, Ariel. "Philippines feels the economic cost of standing up to China" Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.