MANILA — The Philippines condemned as racist a video posted by the state-run China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys, saying on Friday it had lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing over the "offensive, distressing and unacceptable" imagery.
Manila has demanded the removal of the video, which it called "contemptible propaganda”, with the foreign ministry saying that "disagreement over legal and political issues does not justify resorting to imagery that has no place in the public discourse of responsible states."
