MANILA - The animated movie"Abominable" from DreamWorks Animation has landed in controversy in the Philippines after the film featured a map of China showing the Asian giant's maritime claims disputed by its neighbours.
"For me, call a universal boycott of all DreamWorks production here on," Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said in a tweet this week, reacting to a Twitter post by a maritime-law professor calling for the movie to be banned in the Southeast Asian country. But unlike Vietnam, which has ordered cinema halls to pull the movie, the Philippines hasn't imposed any restrictions yet.
While Vietnam has been the region's most forceful nation in pushing back against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, tensions have been simmering between the Philippines and China as well. President Rodrigo Duterte, in a rare rebuke of China earlier this year, told his giant neighbour to lay off an island in the disputed waters. Manila has also escalated a protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels near the area.
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