news culture Netflix: A series sparks a territorial dispute between China and Vietnam. Censorship will strike again.
It is not uncommon for certain works to be censored or banned when approaching a country subject to a range of local customs (be it social, religious or otherwise). This time, it’s the question of territory that rocks a Netflix program.
Islands at the heart of the problem
While the Barbie film for a controversial map of the South China Sea has just been banned in Vietnam, a Netflix work is now suffering the same punishment. According to information collected by Bloomberg, Netflix, Inc. and FPT Telecom have removed Chinese romantic soap opera Flight to You from their catalogs in Vietnam. The reason ? Hanoi felt the artwork violated sovereignty laws as it showed a controversial map issued by the Vietnamese authorities.
Hanoi is widespread
The ministry expressed this decision by noting that after analysis, it was confirmed that the program revealed a controversial map of the South China Sea islands. The government therefore gave interested parties 24 hours to act and remove Flight to You from the country’s catalogue. As Bloomberg reports, it is the second time in a week that the Southeast Asian country has made such decisions.