China includes Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin in new map

New Delhi: China has released the latest edition of its standard map which includes Arunachal Pradesh, the Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea in it.

State-run Global Times said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), “The 2023 edition of China’s standard map was officially released on Monday and launched on the website of the standard map service hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources.”

“This map is compiled based on the drawing method of the national boundaries of China and various countries in the world,” the post said.

The map displayed by the Global Times showed Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as South Tibet, and Aksai Chin, occupied by it in the 1962 war, as part of China.

India has repeatedly told China that “Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India”.

The map also incorporates as Chinese territory the island of Taiwan and a large part of the South China Sea, both of which China has laid claim to.

China claims Taiwan as part of its mainland and its integration with the mainland is part of a vowed objective of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have counterclaims over the South China Sea areas.

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