Beijing: China Daily video 'not an act of the government'

MANILA, Philippines — Beijing on Friday said a video published by state-run newspaper China Daily that portrayed Filipinos as monkeys was not produced by the Chinese government, while reiterating its rejection of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award. “About the video you mentioned, this is not an act of the government,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said during a regular press briefing after being asked about the Philippines’ condemnation of the video and its call for the content to be removed. “I have no comment on that,” he added. Lin, however, repeated Beijing’s longstanding position on the 2016 arbitral […]...

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