A Chinese milk tea chain and a China-made children’s doll are on the receiving end of consumer backlash in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, over their alleged acknowledgement of Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea.
Sales of “Baby Three Doll”, a Chinese-made doll popular with kids and Gen-Z, are tanking in Vietnam following an online outcry over imagery on the dolls’ face that’s said to resemble the so-called nine-dash line, which designates Beijing's claim over vast swathes of the South China Sea.
