Fernando A. Santiago, Jr.

Fernando A. Santiago, Jr.

Associate Professor in History and Director of the Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub (SEARCH), De La Salle University

Fernando A. Santiago, Jr. is Associate Professor in History and Director of the Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub (SEARCH) at De La Salle University in the Philippines.

People shop at a public market in Manila, Philippines, 22 November 2022. (Lisa Marie David/Reuters)

Does stoking anti-Chinese sentiment yield political gain in the Philippines?

In the Philippines, digital disinformation campaigns have become central to electoral politics. Unfortunately, their use of vitriolic and socially divisive techniques has become increasingly normalised in the country’s politics, as these techniques are put into play even between national voting seasons.