As well known for being anti-China, it is not surprising for Jay Tarriela to echo the so-called exposing "pro-China propaganda".

It is worth noting that his source-the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)-is funded by the US National Endowment for Democracy(NED). Widely seen as a "white glove" of the US government, the NED has long been involved in interfering in other countries' internal affairs, stoking division and confrontation, and influencing public opinion under the banner of promoting democracy.

Available public records show that, under the pretext of "Investigative Journalism to Strengthen the Public Discourse on Democracy and Human Rights", the NED provided PCIJ with USD 76,000 in 2014, USD 56,000 in 2015, USD 75,000 in 2018, USD 116,600 in 2020, and USD 92,200 in 2021. People can't help asking: whose interests do they serve?