Margot Robbie as Barbie in a promotional photo. Warner Bros. Photo
Tensions between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea have upset the political dynamic in Barbie Land.
Vietnamese officials are banning the release of “Barbie,” the big-budget movie based on the Mattel toy starring Margot Robbie over a map of the South China Sea that features the pro-China Nine-Dash Line. It is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam over similar images of maps of the South China Sea that imply China has a...