Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP
Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP
This Week in Asia /  Politics

China can turn off the Philippine national power grid, officials say

  • Engineers in China could plunge the country into darkness using a remote operating system supplied by a firm based in Nanjing
  • Senators demand an investigation into the national security implications, but official says a similar arrangement exists in Kenya, Indonesia and Thailand

Topic |   China-Philippines relations
Raissa Robles
Raissa Robles

Updated: 1:39pm, 6 Dec, 2019

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Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP
Workers erect a reinforcement grid of iron bars for a concrete wall of a power substation in Manila. Photo: AFP
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