Barbie movie South China Sea map

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Bye bye 'Barbie': Vietnam bans new film over South China Sea map (The Japan Times)

Originally slated for a July 21 release, the film was banned from release in the country after it was found to feature a map with China's so-called ...

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Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie over map of South China Sea (PBS NewsHour)

The newspaper Vietnam Express reported that posters advertising the movie, which was supposed to open in Vietnamese theaters on July 21, were removed from ...

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'Barbie' banned in Vietnam over “offending” South China Sea map (NME.com)

Vietnam has blocked screenings of Barbie because the film includes the “nine dash line map” that depicts islands in the South China Sea as being controlled ...

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Why Vietnam banned the "Barbie" movie (Axios)

Controversy has erupted over a scene featuring a map of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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Philippines considers banning 'Barbie' movie over South China Sea ... (ConchoValleyHomepage.com)

Another country may ban the upcoming "Barbie" movie because it features a map depicting China's claimed territory in the South China Sea.

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Vietnam Bans 'Barbie' Movie over Disputed South China Sea Map (VOA Learning English)

Vietnam bans Barbie film due to China's disputed South China Sea territory. The South China Sea has ongoing territorial disputes between Vietnam and China.

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Vietnam banned the Barbie movie because of a dispute in the South ... (Quartz)

Once again, it all comes down to the nine-dash-line.

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Philippines considers banning 'Barbie' movie over South China Sea ... (ConchoValleyHomepage.com)

Another country may ban the upcoming "Barbie" movie because it features a map depicting China's claimed territory in the South China Sea.

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What is the 'nine-dash line' and what does it have to do with the ... (ABC News)

Maps can be very touchy subjects. That's why Vietnam has banned the Barbie movie, writes Donald Rothwell.

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