– M oro ▁conflict . ▁ ▁The ▁st ando ff ▁in ▁Spr at ly ▁Islands ▁and ▁Sc ar borough ▁Sho al ▁between ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁Philippines ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁anti - Ch ina ▁sentiment ▁among ▁Filip inos . ▁Camp aign s ▁to ▁boy c ott ▁Chinese ▁products ▁began ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁People ▁protest ed ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Emb ass y ▁and ▁it ▁had ▁led ▁the ▁Chinese ▁emb ass y ▁to ▁issue ▁travel ▁warning ▁for ▁its ▁citizens ▁to ▁the ▁Philippines ▁for ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁Am id st ▁the ▁coron av irus ▁pan demic , ▁scholar ▁Jonathan ▁Cor pus ▁O ng ▁has ▁l ament ed ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁h ateful ▁and ▁rac ist ▁speech ▁on ▁Filip ino ▁social ▁media ▁which ▁" many ▁academ ics ▁and ▁even ▁journal ists ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁have ▁actually ▁just ified ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁political ▁resistance " ▁to ▁the ▁Chinese ▁government . ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁j okes ▁and ▁mem es ▁rep ost ed ▁of ▁supposed ly ▁Chinese ▁people ▁def ec ating ▁in ▁public . ▁ ▁Indones ia ▁ ▁The ▁Dutch ▁introduced ▁anti - Ch inese ▁laws ▁in ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁Ind ies . ▁The ▁Dutch ▁colonial ists ▁started ▁the ▁first ▁mass acre ▁of ▁Chinese ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 4 0 ▁Bat avia ▁mass acre ▁in ▁which ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁died . ▁ ▁The ▁Java ▁War ▁( 1 7 4 1 – 4 3 ) ▁followed ▁shortly ▁there after . ▁ ▁The ▁asym met rical ▁economic ▁position ▁between ▁eth