Banners bearing the words “Welcome to the Philippines, province of China” were spotted in the Manila area on July 12, two years after an international…
Banners bearing the words “Welcome to the Philippines, province of China” were spotted in the Manila area on July 12, two years after an international tribunal in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines over territorial disputes with China. This footage shows one of the banners hanging from an overpass along Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. Below the English text, the banner reads “Welcome to China’s Philippines” in Chinese. The Chinese text is written in Traditional Chinese characters, which are not used on the Chinese mainland. According to Filipino news organization Rappler, citing Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the banners may have been the work of “enemies” of the Rodrigo Duterte administration.
