Vietnamese attack Chinese doll, bubble tea chain for allegedly endorsing Beijing’s nine dash line

A man sitting at shop selling Baby Three dolls and other toys on a street in Hanoi on March 18, 2025. Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children’s dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing’s claims in the flashpoint waterway.

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