Vietnam

Vietnam Bans ‘Barbie’ Movie over Pro-China Map

Vietnam banned the upcoming film Barbie from theaters on Monday because a scene in the film shows a map with China’s “Nine-Dash Line” in it, a fictitious border the regime in Beijing created that puts almost the entire South China Sea under Chinese control.

Vietnam on Monday banned the upcoming film Barbie from theaters because a scene in the film shows a map with China’s “Nine-Dash Line" in it, a fictitious border the regime in Beijing created that puts almost the entire South China Sea under Chinese control. 

Lockdown Fatigue: Chinese Companies Moving Supply Chains out of China

The Chinese technology company Xiaomi announced the delivery of its first made-in-Vietnam phone handsets this week, the South China Morning Post revealed on Thursday, the latest Chinese company to move manufacturing power out of its home country in light of the Communist Party’s seemingly endless Chinese coronavirus lockdowns.

This photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows people wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they transfer daily food supplies and necessities for local residents during the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai. - China OUT (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)