The nine-dash line depicts Beijing’s contested claims to parts of the South China Sea. Vietnamese officials this week banned screenings of the film because it shows a map with the disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. Over the years, Barbie manufacturer Mattel has come under fire for producing dolls that aren’t diverse and that some have said promote unrealistic body standards.īut now the brand has inadvertently strayed into geopolitical quarrels with the movie’s inclusion of Beijing’s controversial nine-dash line on a map. Instead, the much-anticipated “Barbie” has stoked controversy in both Vietnam and the Philippines this week, with the former banning it outright and the latter considering a similar move. Which one has proved to be contentious on the global stage? Surprisingly, it's not the Oppenheimer biopic. One is about the development of the world’s first nuclear weapons. Two very different films are set to come out on July 21.
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