A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...

Republican lawmakers are lashing out at the upcoming “Barbie” movie over a controversial detail in the film: a view of a map that appears to show Chinese claims in the South China Sea.

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

Disputes over the South China Sea go far beyond maps, with the Philippines and China ... drawing” and said it was not intended as a political statement. The film review board in the Philippines ...

Tensions between China and Vietnam over the South China Sea have upset the political dynamic in Barbie ... Mattel toy starring Margot Robbie over a map of the South China Sea that features the ...

Not so: The movie has been banned in Vietnam over a scene that features a map showing the South China Sea — a strategically ... and certainly not any kind of political statement.

Vietnam said China’s official map released this week violates its ... Vietnam “resolutely opposes all China’s claims in the South China Sea based on the dotted line,” Hang added in the ...