which is set to open its first store in Vietnam, for using images of the so-called “nine-dash line” map on its mobile app, according to a posting on the Ho Chi Minh City party committee’s ...

Officials in Vietnam are investigating the Chinese milk tea brand Chagee, which is set to open its first store in the country, for using images of the so-called “nine-dash line” map on its ...

Vietnam is stepping up inspections of particular children’s toys over concerns that imagery on the model’s face resembles a map China uses to stake competing territorial claims in the South ...

The controversy comes as the website of Chagee -- a Chinese milk tea brand due to open its first store in Vietnam -- was flooded with angry comments and threats of a boycott last week over a nine-dash ...

which is set to open its first store in Vietnam, for using images of the so-called “nine-dash line” map on its mobile app, according to a posting on the Ho Chi Minh City party committee’s ...

Beijing has long used the line on maps to justify its claims over most of the resource-rich South China Sea, often to the displeasure of Vietnam, which also claims parts of the waterway.

And in 2018, Vietnam cut a scene from the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" that featured a designer bag with a map of the world showing the disputed South China Sea islands under Beijing's control.