Photo: Reuters The National Security Council disputed Beijing’s accusations, saying the three were former recipients of a government scholarship program created under an agreement between the southern ...

saying the three were former recipients of a government scholarship programme created under an agreement between the southern Chinese province of Hainan and the western Philippine province of Palawan.

Hainan and Palawan both face the South China Sea, a strategic waterway where the two countries have staked out overlapping claims and have clashed frequently over the past two years. "The arrests ...

It should be noted that the arrested Filipinos are former recipients of the Hainan Government Scholarship Program established under the sisterhood agreement between the provinces of Hainan and Palawan ...

Malaya noted that the arrested Filipinos are former recipients of the Hainan Government Scholarship Program established under the sisterhood agreement between the provinces of Hainan and Palawan.

Hainan and Palawan both face the South China Sea, a strategic waterway where the two countries have staked out overlapping claims and have clashed frequently over the past two years.

The arrested three are former recipients of the Hainan Government Scholarship Program established under the sisterhood agreement between the provinces of Hainan and Palawan, which provided ...

This, as the NSC said that the Filipinos arrested "are former recipients of the Hainan Government Scholarship Program established under the sisterhood agreement between the provinces of Hainan and ...