Filipino fans flock to see Barbie amid controversy over territorial row with China

MANILA – Hundreds of Filipino Barbie fans dressed in pink expressed joy and relief on Wednesday at the opening of the film about the famous doll that many had feared would be banned.allegations that a brightly coloured world map drawingChina claims almost the entire waterway despite rival claims from other South-east Asian countries, including the Philippines and Vietnam.

“I was really hoping that they wouldn’t ban it or they would just cut the scene,” said Ms Nicole Tolentino, 23, who has been a Barbie fan for 20 years and even crocheted a pink top to wear for a screening at a Manila cinema.Outside the theatre, excited fans milled around in fuchsia-tinted lighting, some posing for photos in a Barbie booth, while others brought their own Barbie dolls to the screening.

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