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Philippines condemns China Daily AI video depicting country as monkey in South China Sea dispute

Friday, 17 July 2026, 06:23 · 1 min read

The Philippines has formally condemned a Chinese state media outlet after it published an AI-generated video portraying the country as a timid monkey being manipulated by the United States and Japan in the ongoing South China Sea territorial dispute. The video, posted on July 10 by China Daily on its Facebook page, depicts an anthropomorphised monkey wearing a traditional Filipino salakot hat and barong shirt, manhandled by arms labelled

Sources
BBC WorldPhilippines condemns Chinese media depicting it as monkey in AI video ↗︎RapplerPhilippines tells Beijing: Take down ‘irresponsible, racist’ China Daily video ↗︎
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