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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Jonah Valdez

How 'Barbie' crossed a line in Vietnam's dispute with China and ended up banned

The upcoming movie "Barbie" has been banned in Vietnam.

And it has nothing to do with the film's excessive use of pink, or Ryan Gosling's Ken-doll spray tan (or, self-tan?).

Warner Bros.' highly-anticipated summer flick has crossed a line by drawing a line — the controversial "nine-dash line" to be exact. It's a dotted line that China uses when drawing its borders in the South China Sea. Vietnam disagrees with the line. Much of the international community agrees with Vietnam.

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