The U-shaped line is used on Chinese maps to illustrate China’s claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including swaths of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions. Vietnamese authorities objected to a scene showing a map that includes the so-called nine-dash line, the newspaper said. “Barbie” was originally slated to open in Vietnam on July 21, the same date as in the United States, according to state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper.

It was not intended to make any type of statement.” “The doodles depict Barbie’s make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the real world. “The map in Barbie Land is a whimsical, child-like crayon drawing,” the studio said in a statement. Warner Bros believed the map was harmless. It decided to ban domestic distribution of the highly anticipated film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Vietnam balked at a scene of the map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Warner Bros studio on Thursday said a map in its upcoming “Barbie” movie of the South China Sea is a “child-like” drawing with no intended significance, days after Vietnam said it would ban the film over the map.

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