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关键词:map in South China Sea Backlash grows over
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BACKLASH IS GROWING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA OVER A SCENE IN THE ANIMATED FILM "ABOMINABLE" THAT FEATURES A MAP OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA SHOWING BEIJING"S CONTESTED CLAIMS IN THE FLASHPOINT WATERWAY.
FRENCH LUXURY BRAND CHRISTIAN DIOR APOLOGISED AFTER AN EMPLOYEE USED A CHINA MAP WITHOUT TAIWAN DURING AN INTERNSHIP PRESENTATION AT A CHINESE UNIVERSITY. PHOTO: EPA
VIETNAM’S FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS OF ESCALATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THINLY VEILED WARNING TO CHINA
A PROTESTER SETS A BANK OF CHINA BRANCH IN TSUEN WAN ON FIRE DURING A RALLY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A BAN ON WEARING MASKS AT PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES IN HONG KONG. PHOTO: WINSON WONG
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IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE ORDINARILY APOLITICAL FIELDS GETTING HOPELESSLY ENTANGLED IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. A SINGLE TWEET BY AN NBA GENERAL MANAGER HAD EARLIER CAUSED ALL MANNER OF HAVOC FOR THE LEAGUE BOTH IN THE MARKET IT IS TRYING TO COURT (CHINA) AND ITS HOME BASE (US). THEN THERE IS NOW A GROWING FURORE OVER A MAP IN THE ANIMATED MOVIE ABOMINABLE THAT DEPICTS CHINA’S DISPUTED TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. FIRST VIETNAM BANNED THE MOVIE, NOW THE PHILIPPINES FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF SAID HE WANTS THE SCENE REMOVED. IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE NOT ALL THAT COMMONLY USED MAP MADE IT INTO THE MOVIE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TRAVELLERS QUEUE TO GO THROUGH A SECURITY CHECK BEFORE ENTERING HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EARLIER THIS MONTH FOLLOWING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS. WITH TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE CITY DOWN SHARPLY, AIRLINES HAVE SLASHED FARES TO FILL SEATS. PHOTO: SAM TSANG
CHINA SEIZED THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL IN 2012, MARKING AN ESCALATION IN A LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE OVER TERRITORY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THEN-PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO TOOK THE DISPUTE TO AN ARBITRATION COURT IN THE HAGUE IN 2013. THE COURT RULED IN MANILA"S FAVOR IN JULY 2016, TWO WEEKS AFTER DUTERTE TOOK OFFICE; BUT DURING THE ARBITRATION PROCESS, THE RULING OF WHICH CHINA REJECTED, BEIJING BUILT SEVEN ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. IN JUNE THIS YEAR, TENSIONS FLARED AFTER A CHINESE VESSEL RAMMED AND SANK A PHILIPPINE FISHING BOAT, THE GEM VER, NEAR REED BANK, AN AREA OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WITHIN MANILA"S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.
BUT IN AN ERA OF BLURRED BOUNDARIES, OF BASKETBALL LEAGUES AND SARCASTIC FOREIGN TV SHOWS AND APPS AND TWEETS AND THE LOCAL BECOMING THE GLOBAL, THE QUESTION RAISED THIS WEEK ISN"T GOING AWAY: WHO DEFINES THAT SOVEREIGNTY AND MAPS THAT INCREASINGLY VIRTUAL TERRITORY — CHINA ALONE, OR CHINA ALONG WITH THE WORLD?
MARSHALL ISLANDS TO MAINTAIN TAIWAN TIES, CITES ‘CONCERN’ OVER CHINA’S INFLUENCE IN REGION
CHINA FLIES IN OVER 900 BREEDING PIGS FROM DENMARK TO REPLENISH THEIR HERD. REUTERS REPORTS THIS IS THE FIRST IMPORT OF LIVE BREEDING STOCK SINCE THE FIRST AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK LAST YEAR. REUTERS REPORTS, THE VIRUS WIPED OUT MORE THAN HALF OF CHINA"S HERDS, WHILE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT REPORTS ESTIMATE LOSSES AT MUCH LESS. MANY CHINESE PRODUCERS ARE BUILDING NEW FARMS AND RESTOCKING HERDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY INFECTED. MEANWHILE, KOREA FINISHES CULLING HOGS INFECTED WITH AFRICA...

 

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