DFA lodges protest over China video depicting Filipinos as monkeys

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said it had lodged a formal diplomatic protest against China over the racist depiction of Filipinos in a series of opinion videos and editorial cartoons published by state-run newspaper China Daily. The protest stemmed from an AI-generated video posted on China Daily’s Facebook page portraying Filipinos as monkeys while mocking the Philippines’ 2016 South China Sea arbitral victory. “The Department of Foreign Affairs has formally protested China Daily’s racist depiction of Filipinos in a series of op-ed videos and editorial cartoons on the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, […]... Keep on reading: DFA lodges protest over China video depicting Filipinos as monkeys