The Philippines has pulled the plug on all domestic screenings of a Hollywood film called 'Uncharted,' over a scene showing a disputed map of the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday
The Philippines has pulled the plug on all domestic screenings of a Hollywood film called"Uncharted," over a scene showing a disputed map of the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
The move comes shortly after Vietnam, another claimant in the South China Sea, also banned the Sony Pictures action movie, which stars Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. It was released in the Philippines on February 23.A two-second frame in the movie contains an image of the so-called nine-dash line, which marks China's claims in the South China Sea, a strategic waterway. The scene"is contrary to national interest," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.ReplayMore Videos ...
Why it matters who owns the seas 03:48The U-shaped line is a feature used on Chinese maps to illustrate its maritime territory in a region where Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, the Philippines and Malaysia all have competing claims.A 2016 ruling by an arbitration tribunal in The Hague invalidated China's claims to almost the entire waterway through which about $3 trillion worth of ship-borne trade passes annually.
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