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Vietnam has banned the new Barbie movie because the American movie is said to feature a scene with a South China Sea map showing the nine-dash line.
This is used on Chinese maps to illustrating its claims to parts of the South China Sea.
After years of testing and negotiations Japan has finally won international approval to release treated nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean.
And Beijing has a new foreign relations law designed to strengthen Xi Jinping's hand in responding to western technology and trade sanctions.
