A still photo of the cartoon map from movie appears to show a blue, yellow, purple and green "World Map" with a blue figure labeled "Asia" on the right side of the map.

The map has been "internationally condemned and rejected" by Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines. Scripps News reached out to Warner Bros. for comment but have not heard back.

The film, set to be released later this month, includes a scene where the beloved doll character stands in front of a colorful, cartoon drawing of the world. The map shows a dashed line near where ...

Margot Robbie in a scene from the “Barbie” movie trailer, next to a map that has been interpreted as depicting China’s controversial “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea.

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China has replaced the cartoons in several primary school books after the previous material was deemed offensive. Despite the original cartoons being used for many years, there was a sudden uproar ...

Several Republican lawmakers are accusing the highly publicized Warner Bros. film "Barbie" of pandering to Chinese censors. The issue at hand pertains to a scene in the film that the lawmakers say ...

Several Republican lawmakers are accusing the highly publicized Warner Bros. film "Barbie" of pandering to Chinese censors. The issue at hand pertains to a scene in the film that the lawmakers say ...