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China has upset many countries in the Asia-Pacific region with its release of a new official map that lays claim to most of the South China Sea, as well as to contested parts of India and Russia, and official objections continue to mount. What is the map, and why is it upsetting people so much?

It seems significant, then, that Beijing chose to release the map on the heels of a late August meeting of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- and just before China is to participate in top-level meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Group of 20 rich and developing nations.

In releasing the map now, Beijing is widely seen as signaling it has no intention of backing down on any of its claims and is making sure that its positions are fresh in the minds of other countries in the region.

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

In the far northeastern corner of China on the border with Russia, it shows Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, an island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers, as Chinese territory, even though the countries signed an agreement nearly 20 years ago to split the island.

Actually pretty funny given that Russia can't do shit about it. That said, I expect the US will continue to sail through international waters and dare China to find out.

[–] jacktherippah@lemdro.id 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I live in a country in that South China Sea region and I hope mainland China magically disappears or something.

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Just follow the example and make your own map :]

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Oh no. Now Russia is going to be the fourth strongest army in Russia.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some related discussion on this topic: https://lemmy.world/post/4191806

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