{"id":1964909,"date":"2023-07-05T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-blasts-2023-barbie-film-for-including-chinese-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T17:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:51:53","slug":"ted-cruz-blasts-2023-barbie-film-for-including-chinese-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-blasts-2023-barbie-film-for-including-chinese-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz criticizes 2023 &#8216;Barbie&#8217; movie over &#8216;Chinese propaganda&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-blasts-2023-barbie-film-for-including-chinese-propaganda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JUNE 25: (L-R) Ryan Gosling, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie attend the press junket and photo call For \u201cBarbie\u201d at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:51 PM \u2013 Wednesday, July 5, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Texas Senator Ted Cruz unleashed pent-up frustrations on the upcoming \u201cBarbie\u201d film, which is set to be released on July 21<sup>st<\/sup>, for including what he and his office referred to as \u201cChinese communist propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The film, starring Australian actress Margot Robbie and Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, drew criticism for its pro-China depiction of islands in the South China Sea that have been contested by both Vietnam and China and have been the focus of two separate military battles in 1974 and 1988.<\/p>\n<p>A United Nations (UN) court concluded in 2016 that China\u2019s claim to the areas was unfounded under international law.<\/p>\n<p>The movie\u2019s showing has been prohibited in Vietnam since it reportedly includes a map which shows that the \u201cnine-dash line,\u201d a long-used geographical symbol indicating certain regions, including the Paracel and Spratly Islands, is controlled by China.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz continued his criticism of the film\u2019s pro-China stance on Monday, tweeting, \u201cI guess Barbie is made in China\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I guess Barbie is made in China\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDB1IzZcvm\">https:\/\/t.co\/CDB1IzZcvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1675925881062039558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cChina wants to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think, and they leverage their massive film markets to coerce American companies into pushing [Chinese Communist Party] propaganda\u2014just like the way the \u2018Barbie\u2019 film seems to have done with the map,\u201d a representative for Cruz told the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For a number of years, nations such as the United Kingdom, France, and Australia have contested China\u2019s claims to the region as well as the country\u2019s forceful policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c[China] has built artificial islands in the South China Sea, harassed foreign naval and military aircraft passing through the region, intimidated Vietnamese and other foreign fishermen, asserted rights to explore and exploit maritime oil and gas reserves, and continued to publish maps depicting the nine-dash line claim,\u201d wrote Donald Rothwell, an international law professor at the Australian National University.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other countries, including Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, and Malaysia, have staked claims in the energy-rich corridor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is why any legitimacy given to the nine-dash line, even in Hollywood movies, is so sensitive,\u201d Rothwell continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President of American Commitment Phil Kerpen is speaking out, saying that AARP lobbies and funnels hefty amounts towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-blasts-2023-barbie-film-for-including-chinese-propaganda\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz criticizes 2023 'Barbie' movie over 'Chinese propaganda'.\">major advocacy campaigns aligned<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kerpen-analysis-shows-aarp-supports-democrat-leaders-priorities\/\" title=\"Kerpen: Analysis reveals AARP backs Dems' agenda.\">democrat leaders\u2019 priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Joshua Coleman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ryan Helfenbein<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Tom Maoli<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Beijing Fourth Paradigm Technology, an AI startup, has completed procedural work for a Hong Kong\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -A lack of data on electric vehicle (EV) batteries continues to challenge insurers who are forced to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for Apple Inc, said on Wednesday that second quarter revenue dropped 13.8% year-on-year\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Gosling, Greta Gerwig, and Margot Robbie were present at the press junket and photo call for &#8220;Barbie&#8221; in Los Angeles. The event took place at the Four Seasons Hotel on June 25, 2023. The photo was captured by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images. OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory reported the news at 1:51 PM on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":1964910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}