but the claims overlap with those of several other countries, shown here in blue dashes. it is unclear which scene depicts what vietnam s department of cinema called the offensive image of china s line. live now to emilie raymond, professor of political culture at virginia commonwealth university. thank you so much forjoining us here on the programme. this is not the first time that hollywood has engaged in this kind of political activity when it comes to a film. no, absolutely not. politics, broadly defined, cultural sensitivities, they ve been very important factors in hollywood since its inception in the early 1900s, and hollywood has always been a global industry, so they ve always had to thing about foreign policy. but given united states s position, vis a vis china, why do you think that in this particular incidence, to put such a controversial map out there? while vietnam has pulled