The film is not set for release in Vietnam due to a featured map showing the nine-dash line , which represents China s territorial claims, and is heavily contested by Vietnam.
Barbie was due to launch in Vietnam on July 21, but state media have reported the film has been axed. It is because of scenes including a map with the nine-dash line, a contested sea border.
The Philippines said yesterday it was seriously concerned by satellite images which show China is reclaiming unoccupied parts of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
The opposition has so far failed to provoke a military uprising against President Nicolás Maduro, and for now, can only count on an angry but tired population.