Why influx of Sino students in Cagayan Valley? (Northern Philippines)

Philippine Daily Inquirer ^ | April 15, 2024 | Villamor Visaya Jr.

[LadyDoc]

TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN, Philippines — Two Cagayan Valley lawmakers have filed separate resolutions asking the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives to look into the reported surge of Chinese students in colleges and universities in this city amid the country’s tension with China over the West Philippine Sea.

Representatives Joseph Lara of Cagayan’s third district and Faustino “Inno” Dy V of Isabela’s sixth district said the presence of large numbers of Chinese nationals in this region and other parts of the country pose a risk to the country’s national security and economy, particularly since these foreigners had been involved in “spurious schemes.”

[LadyDoc]

this is near two joint US/Philippine bases at the tip of the Northern Philippines, the area closest to Taiwan. There are also a lot of military age men working in Manila casinos.

[Mark17]

There are quite a few Indian and Chinese in Davao.

[LadyDoc]

yes and there are quite a few Iranian students in colleges in Cebu. But these students are positioned at the tip of the Philippines where the Philippine military and Americans have joint bases, which are there to be able to defend Taiwan.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3349257/philippines-us-announce-locations-of-four-new-edca-sites/

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-bolstering-philippines-amid-increasing-assertiveness-by-china-/7538006.html

of course, they might not be members of the Chinese military who are spying. They just might be Chinese drug dealers. (/sarcasm).

[Mark17]

of course, they might not be members of the Chinese military who are spying. They just might be Chinese drug dealers. (/sarcasm).

I thought ALL Chinese were required to spy for China, no matter what they are doing in other countries.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Maybe they took a “wong turn” on the way to the southern border of the US.

[Mark17]

Worth repeating. 😆

[buwaya]

Tuguegarao doesnt really have any well-regarded schools. There are quite good ones in Cebu and Davao, especially for the price, and the English language instruction, so I can understand foreign medical students studying there.

[buwaya]

Tuguegarao doesnt really have any well-regarded schools. There are quite good ones in Cebu and Davao, especially for the price, and the English language instruction, so I can understand foreign medical students studying there.

[Carriage Hill]

They are being invaded, too.