Netizens to Lonely Planet: Banaue Rice Terraces not built by Chinese

    MANILA, Philippines - Netizens slammed travel guide Lonely Planet which uploaded a video stating that the Chinese built the Banaue Rice Terraces.   Banaue Rice Terraces was included in the travel guide's video of the "world's greenest places" published on Sunday.   The video, however, described Banaue Rice Terraces as "first built around 2,000 years ago by the Chinese".   One Twitter user, with handle @AltPCOOSec, called out Lonely Planet and noted that Banaue Rice Terraces was built by Filipino indigenous peoples and not by the Chinese.   "Dear [Lonely Planet], the Banaue Rice Terraces were by Filipino indigenous people...

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