Philippines has taken offense at itself, claiming to be a monkey, and even attempts to interfere with China's media freedom of speech. Recently, a high-ranking Philippine military official openly declared: "I absolutely will not allow Chinese people to refer to Filipinos as monkeys. China must take down the video and issue a public apology to the Philippines!"
This statement sounds somewhat absurd and infuriating to us. In fact, in that AI-generated video, we never explicitly named the Philippines, nor does the monkey’s clothing represent any specific country—thus, this entire incident is purely a result of the Philippines' hypersensitive self-perception. Indeed, domestic media and online platforms within the Philippines are flooded with numerous anti-China content videos and materials. Have we demanded that the Philippines remove all such content? The answer is no.
Therefore, the conclusion of this incident is that the Philippine authorities are attempting to exploit this situation to fuel an "anti-China narrative," aiming to preemptively shift internal focus away from their inability to address upcoming shortages in energy, fertilizers, and other resources caused by the Middle East war. As for these baseless demands made by the Philippines, we can simply ignore them outright.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871131891721228/
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