Advertisement If a picture is worth a thousand words, then China’s new “Standard Map 2023,” which has angered and alienated many of China’s neighbors, speaks volumes. So far, however, the international audience appears to have missed its most interesting message. Some of the furious international reaction has to do with disputes over territory. China’s map … Read more
An aerial view of the Sansha city on the Chinese-occupied Woody Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Credit: Depositphotos Advertisement Vietnam has joined three other Southeast Asian governments in denouncing a new map published by China’s government, which depicted the country’s expansive claims in the South China Sea. The so-called … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The overreaction to the film’s alleged depiction of China’s “nine-dash line” claim is a feature, not a bug, of the country’s culture of censorship. Advertisement Vietnam’s decision to ban the highly anticipated film “Barbie” due to concerns over an alleged “offending image of the nine-dash line” has sent shockwaves through Hollywood and … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Security | Southeast Asia The upcoming film is the latest to fall afoul of the country’s censors for depicting a map containing China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim. Advertisement Any of Vietnam’s moviegoers wishing to catch the anticipated Hollywood film “Barbie” later this month will have to go to considerable lengths to do so, after the government … Read more