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Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has urged greater vigilance over academic exchange programmes with China following reports that language teachers in Manila had been trained by a Chinese university at the centre of a recent controversy over the Batanes Islands. Speaking in Manila on Wednesday, Teodoro cautioned that foreign-linked educational initiatives risked being exploited as conduits for grey-zo
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Philippine defence chief warns Chinese teaching exchanges pose grey-zone threat
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Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has urged greater vigilance over academic exchange programmes with China following reports that language teachers in Manila had been trained by a Chinese university at the centre of a recent controversy over th Philippine defence chief warns Chinese teaching exchanges pose grey-zone threat
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