Netflix Withdraws Chinese Drama in Vietnam Over Nine-Dash Line Map

Vietnam ordered Netflix to remove Chinese television series Shine on Me from its streaming platform in the country over images depicting a map that Beijing uses to stake contested territorial claims in the South China Sea.

“The inspection found scenes showing the ‘nine-dash line’ map, which misrepresents and violates Vietnam’s national sovereignty,” the Department of Cinema under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said in a statement on Sunday.