Vietnam has banned commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie due to a scene that depicts a map of the South China Sea with the “nine-dash line” that is contested by the Vietnamese government.

Tensions between China and Vietnam over the ... toy starring Margot Robbie over a map of the South China Sea that features the pro-China Nine-Dash Line. It is the latest movie to be banned in ...

Not so: The movie has been banned in Vietnam over a scene that features a map showing the South China Sea — a strategically ... offending image of the nine-dash line,” Vi Kien Thanh, head ...

This path is the “nine-dash line ... knowledge of, the South China Sea before the 20th century. But after a series of humiliations at the hands of imperialist powers, map-making became ...

The country has banned commercial screenings of the film because of a scene that shows a map of the contested “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea. The nine-dash line is a U-shaped ...

The Barbie movie is facing a release ban in Vietnam after a scene in the film showing a map of the world ... of the controversial Nine-Dash-Line in the South China Sea More Eric Charbonneau ...

The U-shaped line label was broadly used in the international arena until 2009, when Beijing submitted a map of its claimed territory in the South China Sea to the UN. The "nine-dash line ...

Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim ... and threats of a boycott last ...

However, the movie was banned due to a scene featuring a map ... nine-dash line." The controversial "nine dash line" is used on maps to illustrate China's claims over areas of the South China Sea ...