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KFC and iPhones are the latest targets for Chinese nationalists

Published Sun, Jul 24, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Washington

SINCE an international tribunal ruled last week against Beijing's claims to the South China Sea, Chinese nationalists have expressed their contempt in a number of ways.

There have been condemnatory editorials in state media, an open letter penned by Chinese students and a militaristic techno music video asking, "Who cares?" In their latest protest against the tribunal's decision, which sided with the Philippines, Chinese nationalists are taking aim at a slate of idiosyncratic targets: iPhones, Philippine mangoes and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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