A movie about plastic dolls, not nuclear weapons, has caused political uproar among some conservatives over its depiction of a dashed line off the coast of a child-like drawing of Asia — markings that ...

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Come on Barbie, let’s go Communist Party? Texas Senator Ted Cruz unleashed boxed-up anger at the upcoming “Barbie” movie for including what his office called Chinese communist propaganda in the ...

In recent years, China's box office has been dominated by homegrown movies often with a nationalist lean, such as patriotic war epics. But this weekend, a different type of film captured national ...

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Barbie has teamed with Chinese couturier Guo Pei for the second time to release a limited-edition doll for the upcoming Chinese New Year on Jan. 22, marking the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit.

The Barbie movie has drawn criticism for its supposed appeasement of Chinese claims to the South China Sea. (Getty via Canva) A movie about plastic dolls, not nuclear weapons, has caused political ...