--- description: Two Chinese diplomats were shot dead and another wounded while eating lunch at a restaurant in the city of Cebu on Wednesday. title: Three Chinese Diplomats Shot in the Philippines, Two Fatally image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5b730e3a1288d52/6988694f0a4a225d7c9c6ab2/ap724842540487.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Three Chinese Diplomats Shot in the Philippines, Two Fatally by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:06 AM CUTPublished: Oct 22, 2015 2:27 AM CUT  Police mark the crime scene with a yellow tape where two Chinese diplomats were killed in Cebu province, central Philippines on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015. Police mark the crime scene with a yellow tape where two Chinese diplomats were killed in Cebu province, central Philippines on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015.Alan Tangcawan—AP by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:06 AM CUTPublished: Oct 22, 2015 2:27 AM CUT Two Chinese diplomats were shot dead and another wounded while eating lunch at a restaurant in the Philippine city of Cebu on Wednesday, the BBC [reported](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34591484 "undefined"). Song Ronghua, the consul general at China’s consulate in the city, was in [stable condition](http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1870683/song-ronghua-now-stable-shock-hong-kong-over-shooting-easy "undefined") at a local hospital as of Thursday morning after taking a bullet to the neck. The deputy consul, Sun Shen, and a finance officer, Li Hui, were dead by Wednesday afternoon. The three diplomats and six others had gathered at Lighthouse, a restaurant popular with local politicians, to celebrate Song’s birthday. At around 1:30 p.m. local time, a man and a woman entered the private room where they were eating and the man allegedly opened fire. Two Chinese nationals, [identified by CNN](http://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2015/10/21/Chinese-consul-general-Song-Ronghua-diplomats-shot-in-Cebu.html "undefined") as Li Qing Li and his wife Guo Jing, were pursued by police and later detained at the Chinese Consular Office, about a kilometer from the restaurant, in relation to the shooting. On Thursday, Philippine authorities [said](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-chinese-held-over-killings-diplomatic-immunity-philippines-064201173.html#HU8wcwf "undefined") that the couple — both of whom are diplomats who worked at the consulate — would receive diplomatic immunity and be sent back to China, where any legal action against them will take place. Chinese diplomats in the Philippines and the Philippine foreign ministry have not commented on the incident. “We’re still trying to determine the motive for the shooting,” Prudencio Banas, chief superintendent of Cebu’s police force, told the BBC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/"},"headline":"Three Chinese Diplomats Shot in the Philippines, Two Fatally","datePublished":"2015-10-22T02:27:12.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T00:06:15.000Z","description":"Police have not provided a motive for the shooting while the chief suspects have diplomatic immunity","url":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/","keywords":["China","Philippines","southeast asia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5b730e3a1288d52/6988694f0a4a225d7c9c6ab2/ap724842540487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5b730e3a1288d52/6988694f0a4a225d7c9c6ab2/ap724842540487.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Philippines Chinese Diplomats Killed","caption":"Philippines Chinese Diplomats Killed","creditText":"Alan Tangcawan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/","name":"Three Chinese Diplomats Shot in the Philippines, Two Fatally"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"China's Military Parade By the Numbers","description":"China's Military Parade By the Numbers","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EdAh6ne8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-03T17:53:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EdAh6ne8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/","duration":"PT1M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4082727/cebu-china-song-ronghua-shooting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```