Vietnam bans Barbie movie in China territory row
Nicola Smith
Taipei | Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie movie over a scene showing controversial Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The “offending image” depicts the U-shaped “nine-dash line”, which is featured on Chinese maps that illustrate Beijing’s disputed assertions to vast areas of the resource-rich waters, including a large section of what Hanoi considers to be its continental shelf.
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