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'Barbie' is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting China's controversial nine-dash line, which was repudiated in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016
Bridget Bennett/AFP via GettyThe upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling has been banned from domestic distribution in Vietnam, the country’s state media reported Monday, because the film includes a scene featuring a map showing China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea.The so-called “nine-dash line” is used in Chinese maps to depict a huge U-shaped area in the sea—among the most economically and geostrategically important bodies of water in the world—wh
Once again, it all comes down to the nine-dash-line
Highly anticipated film will not receive a cinematic release in the southeast Asian country
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has banned Warner Bros' highly-anticipated film "Barbie" from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows ...