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Warner Brothers studios rush to defend Barbie movie after it was banned in Vietnam

Warner Brothers Studio have put out a statement in support of their highly-anticipated Barbie film after it was banned in Vietnam due to its depictions of the world map and the 'nine-dash line'

Daily Mirror

Warner Bros defends ‘childlike’ Barbie movie map after Vietnam bans film

Offending map ‘was not intended to make any type of statement’, studio insists

The Independent UK

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Warner Bros say Barbie movie map ‘not intended to make statement’ after Vietnam ban

The film reportedly contains a scene depicting a map showing what appeared to be China’s territorial claims

Evening Standard

Studio defends Barbie movie after controversial map prompts Vietnam ban

Warner Bros says map is ‘child-like’ after Vietnam accused film-makers of depicting China’s nine-dash line in South China Sea

The Guardian - UK

Blackpink caught up in Vietnam-China feud

Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

Bangkok Post

Warner Bros defends South China Sea map after Vietnam ban

Studio says the ‘child-like crayon drawing’ in Barbie film was not intended to make a political statement.

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Migrants get an extension on amnesty

The cabinet has agreed to extend its foreign migrants' amnesty programme until the end of the month, allowing about 500,000 workers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to sort out the permits they need to legally reside and work in the country.

Bangkok Post

After Barbie Got Banned In Vietnam, A Warner Bros. Spokesperson Responded

A representative from Warner Bros. speaks out following Barbie’s recent ban in Vietnam.

Cinemablend

What Vietnam's ban of the Barbie movie tells us about China's politics of persuasion

Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.

The Conversation

How we're using the Vietnamese ethnic savings scheme 'Hụi' to buy back our cultural heritage

Hụi is a constant but often hidden feature of life for many Vietnamese-Australians.

The Conversation

Barbie Banned in Vietnam!

The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.

Reason

After Vietnam, the Philippines could be next to ban 'Barbie.' Here's why

Philippine film regulators are reviewing Barbie after a senator said it depicts a map that China uses to lay claim to nearly all of the South China Sea. Warner Bros. says it's just a "doodle."

WEKU

Blackpink caught up in Vietnam-China feud

HANOI: Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened

MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.

The Independent UK

Barbie movie banned in Vietnam over use of ‘offending’ map image

Highly anticipated film will not receive a cinematic release in the southeast Asian country

Pedestrian.tv

Here’s A Yassified Explainer On The Nine-Dash Line And Why Vietnam Has Banned The Barbie Movie

Calling all international relations bimbos and himbos.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing China’s territorial claim

The National Film Evaluation Council made the decision, saying a map in the film shows China’s ‘nine-dash line,’ which extends Beijing’s territorial claims far into waters that fall within areas claimed by Vietnam and other countries.

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The Independent UK

Ted Cruz accuses new Barbie movie of ‘pushing Chinese propaganda’

Issue traces back to dispute claims on South China Sea

Cinemablend

Why Barbie Just Got Banned In Vietnam

Margot Robbie's Barbie movie is not going to be screened in Vietnam for a specific reason.

The Hindu

Vietnam, Kerala to promote ties in tourism, trade

Salon

War is not real patriotism

Why is patriotism linked to killing and dying on the battlefield? There are better ways to love your country

The Conversation

What is the 'nine-dash line' and what does it have to do with the Barbie movie?

The new Barbie film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is set for imminent release. But according to Vietnam’s state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper the film’s release has been barred. The head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in charge of licensing and censoring foreign films, said

The Independent UK

Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie due to an illustration showing China's territorial claim

State media have reported that Vietnam has banned distribution of the popular "Barbie" movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea

Al Jazeera

Vietnam bans Barbie movie over disputed South China Sea map

Censors pull film because of scenes showing the ‘nine-dash line’ under which China claims almost all the South China Sea

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