Chinese embassy in Philippines flags security concerns to citizens

December 5, 2024 - 3:34 PM
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National flags are placed outside a room where Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng address reporters after their meeting in Beijing, China, January 23, 2017. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj/File Photo)

 China’s embassy in the Philippines urged citizens in a statement to step up security awareness during visits planned around the year-end holidays, citing concerns about public security in the Southeast Asian nation.

—Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Clarence Fernandez