Philippines’ Top Diplomat Calls for Cut to ‘Abominable’ Over China Map

Bikers go past an empty space where a promotional poster for the DreamWorks film "Abominable" stood before being taken down at a cinema in Hanoi, Vietnam on Oct. 14, 2019. Kham/Reuters

MANILA—The foreign minister of the Philippines called on Oct. 16 for a cut to a scene in DreamWorks’ animated film “Abominable” that shows China’s unilaterally declared “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea.

The U-shaped line is a feature used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast expanses of the resource-rich South China Sea, including areas claimed by other countries.