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Censors want a ‘cartoonish map’ depicting China’s claim over the South China Sea blurred from the film.

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In May, Typhoon Mawar, the world’s strongest storm this year, was barreling toward the Philippines, where I live and work. Filipinos immediately began evacuating by the thousands. Mawar then slammed through Guam, carrying winds that gusted to 140 mph and killing most of the island’s power, but swerved away from…

I've seen blunders like this all too often.

The same issue that got the Tom Holland film "Uncharted" banned has come up yet again with "Barbie"

Calling all international relations bimbos and himbos.

The new Barbie film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is set for imminent release. But according to Vietnam’s state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper the film’s release has been barred. The head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in charge of licensing and censoring foreign films, said

Ad agency apologises for ‘unfortunate oversight’

State media have reported that Vietnam has banned distribution of the popular "Barbie" movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea