A brand new Barbie movie from Warner Bros has been banned in Vietnam over a scene within the upcoming film exhibiting China’s contested claims to territory within the South China Sea.
Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was initially slated for launch in Vietnam on July 21, however will not be proven in Vietnam, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper reviews.
Appearing within the movie is a Chinese map exhibiting a pink nine-dash line, or what’s in any other case known as a “cow’s tongue”.
The pink strains depicts China’s claims over massive components of the South China Sea, together with areas Vietnam considers its continental shelf.
“We do not grant a licence for the American movie Barbie to release in Vietnam because it contains the offending image of the nine-dash line,” the paper quoted the federal government’s Department of Cinema head, Vi Kien Thanh, as saying.
Other blockbuster movies have been banned in Vietnam for a similar motive.
Last yr, Sony’s Uncharted, starring Tom Holland, was additionally banned for exhibiting a map with the nine-dash line.
Warner Bros is but to reply to requests for remark.
Source: www.9news.com.au
