The upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling has been banned from domestic distribution in Vietnam.
were a “misrepresentation of Vietnam’s sovereignty” and had “angered and hurt the feelings of the entire people of Vietnam.”
After the Second World War, China’s then Nationalist government produced a “Location Map of South Sea Islands” which originally featured 11 dashes demarcating what it claimed as its own territory within the region based on centuries-old naval explorations. Later, in the 1950s, Chairman Mao gave up the claim to theto Vietnam, removing two of the dashes, though retaining most of its ancient sovereignty claim over the sea.
Today, the South China Sea is one of the most crucial waterways on the planet owing to its rich natural resources of oil and gas, abundant fisheries, and significance as a vital trading route to the markets of Southeast Asia. In 2009, China sparked a major international dispute by submitting a map including the nine-dash line to the U.N. as part of a dispute with Vietnam.
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , a treaty adopted by 168 countries—including China—coastal nations are granted a 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone where they retain rights over all natural resources. In 2013, the Philippines started arbitration proceedings against China arguing that its nine-dash line violated UNCLOS, with the tribunal three years later ruling in the Philippines’ favor and concluding that China’s historic rights claim was unlawful.
China has rejected the ruling and its coast guard vessels continue to patrol in the outer reaches of its nine-dash line some 700 nautical miles from the Chinese coastline. Competing claims in the South China Sea still remain among other countries including Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei.
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