Where does the nine-dash line show up in Barbie ... heeled feet went flat and the concept of death flittered into her little plastic noggin. Barbie turned to Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon) for ...

The map gives little away. Africa is barely recognisable ... Barbie has been banned by Vietnam over its depiction of the nine-dash line.Credit: Aresna Villanueva A giant turtle covers parts ...

Since the late 1940s, China has promoted the so-called nine-dash line in the South China Sea. The line, also known as the "U-shaped line" or "cow's tongue" comprises nine dashes. As depicted in ...

The nine-dash line is used on maps by China to claim territory over waters in the South China Sea, territory disputed by Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. In a 2016 ruling in ...

The head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in charge of licensing and censoring foreign films, said: We do not grant license for the American movie 'Barbie' to release in Vietnam because ...

How did this line become so important? The nine-dash line is partly the result of a cartographic mistake. Chinese officials had little interest in, or knowledge of, the South China Sea before the ...