VIETNAM BANS ‘ABOMINABLE’ OVER SCS MAP
Twitter image shows a screengrab from the animated film ‘Abominable,’ which depicted China’s nine-dash line in the South China Sea.
HANOI (Reuters) — Vietnam has pulled the animated DreamWorks film “Abominable” from cinemas over a scene featuring a map which shows China’s unilaterally declared “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea, state media reported yesterday.
The U-shaped line is a feature used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast expanses of the resourcerich South China Sea, including large swathes of what Vietnam regards as its continental shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions.
“Abominable,” about a Chinese girl who discovers a yeti living on her roof, was jointly produced by Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and Comcast-owned DreamWorks Animation and was first shown in Vietnamese cinemas on Oct. 4.