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The Philippines’ foreign minister on Wednesday called for a cut to a scene in Abominable, a DreamWorks animated film that shows China’s unilaterally declared “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea.
The U-shaped line is a feature used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast expanses of the resource-rich South China Sea, including areas claimed by other countries.
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr said the scene showing the map should be cut, and people should not only refuse to watch the film, but boycott the entire company.
“Of course they should cut out the offending scene which will show our displeasure better than if we unconstitutionally ban it as some suggest,” Locsin said on Twitter.




On Monday, Vietnam pulled the movie from cinemas over the scene showing the map.
Locsin said the Philippine film regulator should replace the scene with “a hectoring lecture”, while calling on movie fans to shun the production company altogether.
“For me, call a universal boycott of all DreamWorks productions from here on,” he said.
The film regulator did not respond to requests for comment.
Vietnam blocks ‘Abominable’ film over depiction of Beijing’s nine-dash line in South China Sea
Anger in Southeast Asia over the map depicted in the film has highlighted the problem for companies trying to address political sensitivities in China without causing offence in other markets.
A spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte, who has sought closer ties with China, said on Tuesday the film regulator should decide on whether to pull Abominable from Philippine cinemas.

Abominable, about a Chinese girl who discovers a yeti living on her roof, was jointly produced by Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and Comcast-owned DreamWorks Animation.
The film opened in the Philippines early this month and was no longer being screened in many major cinemas, an online search showed.
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Four Southeast Asian countries contest China’s claims in the South China Sea. Taiwan also makes a claim.
In 2016, the Philippines won a case in the Permanent Court of Arbitration invalidating China’s claims to almost the entire stretch of sea. China does not recognise the ruling.
Last week, the American sports network ESPN faced criticism of its coverage of a row between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and China after using a map that featured the nine-dash-line.


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Philippine minister lashes out over South China Sea map in ‘Abominable’ film

Abominable was jointly produced by Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and Comcast-owned DreamWorks Animation. Photo: Universal Studios

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo, Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. gestures during foreign ministers' meeting of Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok, Thailand. Locsin said Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 that China has sought to restrict the presence of foreign military powers in the South China Sea and foreign involvement in oil and gas projects in the disputed region under a pact it's negotiating with Southeast Asian nations. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Vietnam blocks ‘Abominable’ film over depiction of Beijing’s nine-dash line in South China Sea

Abominable is about a Chinese girl who discovers a yeti living on her roof, was jointly produced by Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and Comcast-owned DreamWorks Animation. Photo: Universal Studios

Abominable is a US-China film co-production set to succeed in both markets, and it is authentically Chinese

Characters in Abominable (from left) Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, Everest the Yeti, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay Trainor. The Sino-US co-production opened strongly in both markets. Photo: DreamWorks Animation/AP

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows characters, from left, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, her mother, voiced by Michelle Wong, and grandmother Nai Nai, voiced by Tsai Chin in a scene from "Abominable," in theaters on Sept. 27. (DreamWorks Animation LLC. via AP)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 7, 2019 Chloe Bennet and Sarah Paulson attend the "Abominable" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Canada. - "Abominable" froze out "Downton Abbey" to take the top spot in the North American box office on its first weekend in theaters, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations estimated on September 29, 2019. The story of a teenager and her friends working to help a young Yeti -- whom they nickname Everest -- reunite with his family and avoid the clutches of a wealthy man intent on capturing one of the magical creatures took in $20.9 million. (Photo by Phillip Faraone / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows character Burnish, voiced by Eddie Izzard, in a scene from "Abominable," in theaters on Sept. 27. (DreamWorks Animation LLC. via AP)

Philippine minister takes to Twitter to order diplomatic protest over Chinese ships

A Chinese coastguard ship attempts to block a Philippine government vessel at Second Thomas Shoal in 2014. Photo: AP

Demonstrators chant anti-China slogans as they march towards the Chinese consulate in protest over the Scarborough Shoal islands, in Manila's Makati financial district, in this May 11, 2012 file picture. In a month-long standoff between China and the Philippines over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing has so far refrained from sending warships from its increasingly powerful and modern navy to enforce its territorial claims. Instead, China has deployed patrol vessels from its expanding fleet of paramilitary ships to Scarborough Shoal, known in Chinese as Huangyan Island. Naval experts say the intent is to minimize the risk of conflict and contain any regional backlash. To match Analysis CHINA-SEA/PARAMILITARY REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Philippines’ Teodoro Locsin says Beijing’s South China Sea code is like ‘a manual for feeding a dragon in your living room’

The Permanent Court of Arbitration refused to recognise the “nine-dash line” Beijing invokes to claim most of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory. Photo: AP

epa07749629 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) greets Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin (R) during the ASEAN - China Ministerial Meeting at the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 July 2019. Thailand host the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Related Meeting from 29 July to 03 August 2019. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr at a foreign ministers' meeting of Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Bangkok in August. Photo: AP

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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr says a scene in the DreamWorks film depicting China’s ‘nine-dash line’ in the disputed area should be cut
He also calls for Filipinos to boycott the company entirely



Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin says a scene in the DreamWorks film depicting China’s ‘nine-dash line’ in the disputed South China Sea should be cut, and also calls for Filipinos to boycott the company entirely.
