Philippines condemns Chinese media for portraying AI as monkeys in video

The Philippines, which has been heavily armed by the US and Japan to contain Beijing, has denounced the country as “inhumane and racist”. on the South China Sea.

Last week, China Daily posted an AI-generated video of a monkey in a Filipino shirt. Arms draped in Japanese and U.S. flags roar as they push him across the Ricky Karaoke stage set up in a boat.

After being insulted for singing the wrong song, he pulls out a sheet that says “South China Maritime Jury Prize”. It is then thrown into the sea and blasted with water cannons.

Tense skirmishes and occasional skirmishes between Philippine and Chinese ships in disputed waters have been on the rise in recent years.

At the center of tensions between Manila and Beijing lie the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal (known as Huayan Island in China), about 100 miles (160 km) from the Philippines and 500 miles from China.

The Chinese Coast Guard uses it regularly High pressure water tanks On the ridges of the Philippine ships, which caused damage and loss.

“Disagreement over legal and political issues does not justify resorting to disturbing images,” the Manila Foreign Ministry said.

“Such images and misinformation will only serve to widen mistrust between the Philippines and China,” he added.

The Philippine Department of Defense called the video “despicable propaganda” that “exposes the moral and intellectual decay of China’s propaganda machine.”

“The recent schizophrenic behavior of the Chinese Communist Party is too obvious to ignore or ignore,” Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said.

In the year The video, posted on July 10, remains live on China Daily’s Facebook page at the time of writing.

Last week marked ten years since the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines, saying that China’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis under international law.

Beijing dismissed the ruling, saying the court lacked jurisdiction.

The dispute between Beijing and Manila has escalated sharply in recent years over overlapping claims, with each side accusing the other of maritime provocations and skirmishes, some involving weapons such as swords, spears and knives.

In June, Beijing installed a floating barrier at the entrance to Scarborough Shoal, which was removed after the Philippines lodged formal diplomatic protests.

Also in June, China barred Manila Defense Secretary Teodoro and his immediate family from entering China, Hong Kong and Macau.

The China Daily’s statement on the Monkey Clip post reiterated Beijing’s position.

“Ten years later, the so-called South China Sea Arbitration Award remains a source of conflict disguised as law rather than a solution to peace,” he said.

“By sticking with foreign powers and creating trouble in the South China Sea,[the Philippines]is making their country a pawn in someone else’s geopolitical game,” the statement added.

The monkey clip is one of a series of clips and cartoons China Daily has posted on Facebook in recent weeks mocking the Philippines’ actions in the South China Sea. Manila icons include clowns and snakes among other things.

Chinese officials have not responded to the Philippines’ rebuke.