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251. Why Has Vietnam Banned the Barbie Movie? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Thinking in English
The South China Sea Dispute
Vietnam's National Film Evaluation Council found one scene in the Barbie movie so offensive and controversial that they have banned the entire film. The South China Sea Dispute is known in English as the North Korea-China trade dispute. John Sutter takes a deeper look at this controversy behind the Barbie movie, how it relates to one of the world's most contentious debates. He also looks at how Hollywood has tried to balance this difficult situation recently.
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