the map was “cartoonish” and didn’t “depict the ‘nine-dash line.’” Instead, it was just Barbie’s route from Barbie Land to the “real world.” Vietnam wasn’t convinced.

Film studio Warner Bros' Barbie is not the only production to be banned by Vietnam for featuring the nine-dash line. In 2019, the DreamWorks animated film Abominable was pulled for the same reason.

Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie ... nine-dash line. And in 2018, Vietnam cut a scene from the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians that featured a designer bag with a map of the world showing ...