China Map Row

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  After India Calls China Map Move "Absurd", Beijing Says "Routine Exercise"

  China has responded to India's objection of its new "standard" map - which claims ownership of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region in eastern Ladakh - insisting it is "the country's normal exercise of sovereignty in accordance with the law".

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  "Rahul Gandhi Trusts Chinese Map But Not...": Minister's Dig At Congress

  Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has more faith in what China states rather than in his own country's foreign ministry and defence ministry personnel.

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  Onus On Them For Talks, Say Sources After Nepal Revises Map

  The redrawing of Nepal's map taking in Indian territory, just reflects its Prime Minister's domestic agenda and the onus is now on him to initiate dialogue regarding this, sources have told NDTV. Nepal has claimed the land, which touches the border with China, under a treaty made with the East India Company during the British period.

• Manila says will not stamp new Chinese passport

  The Philippines has become the latest country to say it will not stamp visas in a new Chinese passport because it includes a map of the South China Sea that Manila says shows its territory.

• China decries attempts to "read too much into" passport map row

  China said on Wednesday that people should not read too much into the placement of a new map in its passports that depicts claims to disputed maritime territory, after the United States said it would raise concerns with Beijing over the issue.

• Vietnam issues stapled visas to Chinese passport holders

  Taking a leaf out of Beijing's past practice of issuing stapled visas for residents of Jammu and Kashmir, Vietnam is issuing visas for Chinese passport holders on separate paper, to counter China's map on its new e-passports showing disputed areas as part of its territory.

• India says China's new passport maps unacceptable

  New Delhi responded on Saturday to China's newly revised passports that show parts of Indian territory as part of China by issuing visas to Chinese citizens that show its own maps.

• New row breaks out between India and China over maps

  A new territorial row has broken out between India and China. Sources in government have told NDTV that Beijing is issuing passports to its citizens which show a map that includes Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin (in Ladakh) as part of China.

• Philippines, Vietnam protest map in China passport

  A map that China has incorporated into its passports has drawn diplomatic fury because it appears to claim the entire South China Sea, ignoring competing claims from the Philippines, Vietnam and other countries.

• Google Maps seeks to return to China; applies for license

  The US-based internet search giant Google has applied for an online maps license to operate in China, seeking to return to the lucrative market in the Communist nation after a year-long absence following a row with Beijing over privacy issues.

• China envoy tells Indian reporter to 'shut up' when asked about incorrect map

  A Chinese company today signed a pact for investing $400 million in Gujarat, but a row erupted when China's ambassador Zhang Yan asked an Indian journalist to "shut up" when he questioned the company's map showing Arunachal Pradesh as a part of China.