Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie film over a scene featuring ... a senior official called the "offensive image" of China's nine-dash line. The nine-dash line is used in Chinese maps of ...

Film’s witty critique of gender norms has offended some men on Chinese social media, who have accused it of provoking “gender antagonism” – a phrase often used by state media to police online feminist ...

The overreaction to the film's alleged depiction of China's "nine-dash line" claim is a feature, not a bug, of the country's culture of censorship. The upcoming film is the latest to fall afoul of ...

The line is significant as it is used by China to ... of Barbie from Barbie Land to the 'real world'", which was an "integral part of the story". The board added that the dashed lines drawn ...

led by ActionAid France and China Labour Watch, that exposes a litany of abuses facing female production line workers in the Mattel factory in Chang’an, Guangdong, currently the sole Barbie ...

Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie movie from cinemas over ... due to scenes featuring the so-called nine-dash line, state media reported. China has long used its so-called nine-dash line ...

If other Southeast Asian nations follow suit, and political blowback in the United States continues, Barbie may be pressured to update her Dream World. However, doing so may alienate China ...

where the comedy is hailed by many female viewers as the country’s answer to “Barbie.” Comments on Douban, China’s biggest movie review site where the movie is rated 9.1 out of 10 ...