251. Why Has Vietnam Banned the Barbie Movie? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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The Nine Dashed Line in the South China Sea Dispute
The South China Sea Dispute is a long-standing territorial disagreement involving multiple countries in Southeast Asia. The main disagreement is the sovereignty or ownership of various islands, reefs and waters in the South China Sea. This dispute involves overlapping claims by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. A U-shaped dotted line crosses out into the ocean and returns back to the same land on Chinese maps. It was a representation of the nine dashed line used by China on its official maps to highlight its territorial claims in the sea.
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