A post on social media platforms Weibo and Rednote claimed that the Chinese explorer traveled to Palawan between the 1300s and the 1400s.

Historian Xiao Chua slammed this move, calling it a “slave mentality.” Chua said in a Facebook post on Tuesday: “English only to be globally competitive? Que horror!” ...

Filipino historian Xiao Chua told ST: “This is an event where you can see how the efforts to minimise the significance of People Power day as a working holiday actually works against the Marcos ...

Hindi sa kung nasaan yung Pilipinas," said public historian and professor Xiao Chua. "Yung Palawan, some parts of it was even part of the Sultanate of Sulu pero hindi siya naging ever part ng China.