section_path: Issues/Chinese government interference
section_name: Chinese government interference
paragraph_text: Chinese government interference
  
  During a hearing of the Senate 's special panel on maritime and admiralty zones in April 2025, the National Security Council said that there are indicators that the Chinese government is interfering in the upcoming 2025 national elections including discrediting candidates critical of it and supporting candidates who sympathize with China.
  
  The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) also claims that Chinese agents are "amplifying divisive political discourse" in the Philippines in coordination with local proxies. NICA alleged that the Chinese embassy in Manila have paid Makati -based firm InfinitUs Marketing Solutions in 2023 for a troll farm on Facebook and X to spread disinformation and promote Chinese state interests. In April 2025, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested a Chinese national operating an IMSI-catcher near the offices of the Commission on Elections.