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Chinese protestors
South China Sea: Beijing calls KFC, Apple protests 'irrational'
By Shen Lu and Ben Westcott, CNN
Updated 2:21 AM ET, Thu July 21, 2016
Beijing (CNN)Nationalist sentiment has swept China in the wake of last week's international tribunal ruling over the South China Sea, with protests targeting KFC, Apple and Filipino fruit.
But the Chinese government has had enough, telling protestors through the the state-run People's Daily newspaper Wednesday that they are being "irrational and disruptive."
On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines, saying there was no legal basis for China's claim to a large part of the South China Sea. China strongly rejected the decision.
In Changsha in Hunan province, residents held up a banner outside a KFC restaurant that reads: "Get out of China, KFC and McDonald's." http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/asia/china-nationalism-south-china-sea-ruling/
By Shen Lu and Ben Westcott, CNN
Updated 2:21 AM ET, Thu July 21, 2016
Beijing (CNN)Nationalist sentiment has swept China in the wake of last week's international tribunal ruling over the South China Sea, with protests targeting KFC, Apple and Filipino fruit.
But the Chinese government has had enough, telling protestors through the the state-run People's Daily newspaper Wednesday that they are being "irrational and disruptive."
On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines, saying there was no legal basis for China's claim to a large part of the South China Sea. China strongly rejected the decision.
In Changsha in Hunan province, residents held up a banner outside a KFC restaurant that reads: "Get out of China, KFC and McDonald's." http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/asia/china-nationalism-south-china-sea-ruling/
What if these Chinese people were in Tiananmen Square protesting their oppressive government?
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