Netflix removed episodes from this series after PH complaint over China map
Binge-watching series can be fun, but one particular show recently raised eyebrows. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) along with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) ordered Netflix to remove episodes of the Australian political drama Pine Gap, which contained scenes that showed a map of China’s nine-dash line.
In DFA’s statement regarding the matter, it highlighted two episodes of the series violated the country’s sovereignty and the Board ruled that these were “unfit for public exhibition.” It also asserted that the Chinese map in Pine Gap was “no accident as it was consciously designed and calculated to specifically convey a message that China’s nine-dash line legitimately exists.”
‘Such portrayal is a crafty attempt to perpetuate and memorialize in the consciousness of the present generation of viewers and the generations to come the illegal nine-dash line,’ the statement read.
The episodes in question are no longer available to stream in the Philippines as of Tuesday morning. When viewers check the list of the show’s first season, there’s a prompt that reads it has been “removed by government demand.”
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— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) November 1, 2021
China still claims to own area within the so-called nine-dash line, a U-shaped feature depicted on Chinese maps, part of which is the West Philippine Sea, and other resource-rich waters from Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The MTRCB said in the statement that using the show is “China’s unconventional approach” to have an advantage over the conflict.
Earlier this year, the video streaming company also removed the whole series in Vietnam due to the same issue. According to Reuters, Hanoi’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said in a statement, ‘Netflix’s violations angered and hurt the feelings of the entire people of Vietnam.’
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