2025 China–Philippines espionage cases

On January 17, 2025, Philippine law enforcement agents arrested Chinese national Deng Yuanqing, along with two Filipinos, under suspicion of spying for the People's Republic of China. His group was accused of mapping critical infrastructure in the Philippines, including military bases that the United States has access to. Eleven more Chinese nationals were arrested.

Thereafter, China arrested three Filipinos who are former scholars of Hainan Normal University for suspected espionage.

Arrests of other Chinese citizens in the Philippines accused of espionage followed.