China's new 'standard map' draws flak as neighbours issue strong statements like India
1 year, 3 months ago

China's new 'standard map' draws flak as neighbours issue strong statements like India

India TV News  

China's provocation: The governments in the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan on Thursday rejected China’s new national map and issued strong-worded statements while accusing Beijing of claiming their territory. Philippines reacts strongly The Philippine government on Thursday hit out at China’s 2023 edition of its so-called “standard map” that still showed swaths of Philippine features in the West Philippine Sea. Malaysia protests The Malaysian government on Thursday said that it will issue a note of protest to China over its claims on the South China Sea as outlined in the ‘China Standard Map Edition 2023’, which also covers Malaysia's maritime areas. Vietnam strongly reiterates its consistent stance on the sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa, and resolutely rejects any maritime claims of China that are based on the “nine-dash line” in the East Sea, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on Thursday.

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ASEAN’s Growing Preference for India Over China - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

ASEAN’s Growing Preference for India Over China - News18

News 18  

This week marks a significant diplomatic milestone for India as it prepares to welcome a number of world leaders and heads of several international organisations for the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi. India is also gaining importance as a significant partner for Southeast Asian countries, with the growing rivalry between the United States and China contributing to the challenges …

Ahead of G20 Summit, US's VP Kamala Harris calls China's new map 'a violation of international law'
1 year, 3 months ago

Ahead of G20 Summit, US's VP Kamala Harris calls China's new map 'a violation of international law'

India TV News  

US Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday the United States has "a very significant interest" in developing and strengthening relationships in the South China Sea, both economically and militarily. Harris made the comments during an interview with The Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she is representing the United States at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …

View: New China map signals Xi’s assertion over Asia
1 year, 3 months ago

View: New China map signals Xi’s assertion over Asia

Hindustan Times  

After India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam protested against China’s cartographical expansion this week by publishing the so-called 2023 Standard Map, Beijing dismissed it by saying that the map was routine practice and asked the protesting countries to refrain from over-interpreting the issue. Whether it is East Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Taiwan or the nine-dash line in the South China Sea, …

Nepal reacts sharply to China's new map that include Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in India
1 year, 3 months ago

Nepal reacts sharply to China's new map that include Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in India

India TV News  

Nepal on Friday lodged a strong protest over China's recent so-called "standard" map that did not include the Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas as parts of the Nepali territory and included in the Indian territory. Nepal's Parliament unanimously passes bill to redraw map incorporating 3 Indian areas Nepalese PM to discuss the issue in Beijing The latest controversy came as …

China’s new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?
1 year, 3 months ago

China’s new national map has set off a wave of protests. Why?

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — 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. China’s Ministry of Natural Resources released the new “standard” national map on Monday, part of …

Four Asian Nations Join India in Rejecting China's Territorial Claims in 'New Map'
1 year, 3 months ago

Four Asian Nations Join India in Rejecting China's Territorial Claims in 'New Map'

News 18  

As many as four Asian countries have joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that claims India’s territory and maritime areas in the South China Sea, ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. In response to China’s “standard map 2023,” Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang reiterated its sovereignty over Paracel and Spratly Islands. …

China ‘standard map’ row: Five more countries slam China, say ‘no matter how..’
1 year, 3 months ago

China ‘standard map’ row: Five more countries slam China, say ‘no matter how..’

Live Mint  

China released the 2023 edition of its 'standard map' on August 28, showing India's Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory. The map also shows China's claims in the South China Sea over the exclusive maritime zones of countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi while commenting on the …

Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia protest China’s map
1 year, 3 months ago

Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia protest China’s map

The Hindu  

The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia on August 31 released separate statements voicing their opposition to China’s new “standard map” for 2023, which has also drawn a strong protest from India. The Philippines Foreign Ministry in a statement said it “rejects” the 2023 version of China’s “standard map” and the inclusion of the so-called nine-dash line. The Malaysian government also protested …

China Map Brandishing Territorial Stance Proves Costly. Xi Making More Foes Than Friends
1 year, 3 months ago

China Map Brandishing Territorial Stance Proves Costly. Xi Making More Foes Than Friends

ABP News  

China did it again. On August 28, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources issued the ‘China Standard Map Edition 2023’, in which Beijing unabashedly lay claims across vast swathes of territory within the South China Sea that included Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam, along with territories inside India and Russia. In the case of the Philippines, their Department of …

Malaysia rejects new China map claiming entire South China Sea
1 year, 3 months ago

Malaysia rejects new China map claiming entire South China Sea

Al Jazeera  

Government says ‘complex and sensitive’ dispute needs to be resolved through dialogue and urges swift agreement on code of conduct. Malaysia has rejected the latest edition of the ‘standard map of China’ that lays claim to almost the entire South China Sea, including areas lying off the coast of Malaysian Borneo. Malaysia noted the new map, which clearly depicts the …

Raise Chinese cartographic aggression at G-20 summit, Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh urges PM Modi
1 year, 3 months ago

Raise Chinese cartographic aggression at G-20 summit, Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh urges PM Modi

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue of the “Chinese cartographic aggression” with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the upcoming G-20 summit in New Delhi. In a letter to the Prime Minister on August 29, Ninong Ering expressed “deep anguish and concern” over the release of the “so-called 2023 edition …

China doubles down on new map, tells India to keep calm and not to ‘over-interpret’
1 year, 3 months ago

China doubles down on new map, tells India to keep calm and not to ‘over-interpret’

The Hindu  

China on August 30 defended issuing a new “standard map” for 2023 that India has protested, saying it was “a routine practice” and asking New Delhi to “refrain from over-interpreting” it. India on Tuesday lodged a “strong protest” over the new map that was released on Monday, and showed within China’s borders all of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, …

India and Malaysia protest China’s land claim in a newly published map ahead of the G20 summit
1 year, 3 months ago

India and Malaysia protest China’s land claim in a newly published map ahead of the G20 summit

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Malaysia on Wednesday joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. India on Tuesday formally lodged an objection through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so-called 2023 “standard map” that lays …

PM Modi should speak on Chinese transgressions, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after map controversy
1 year, 3 months ago

PM Modi should speak on Chinese transgressions, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after map controversy

The Hindu  

A day after India dismissed the new official map of China that includes Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as “absurd,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the issue of Chinese incursion. On Monday, China officially released the 2023 edition of its “standard map” incorporating Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the …

India rejects China claims in new “standard map”
1 year, 3 months ago

India rejects China claims in new “standard map”

Live Mint  

The Ministry of External Affairs rejected territorial claims made by China in its 2023 “standard map”, which was released on Monday. China claims the former as “South Tibet” while it gained control over Aksai Chin during the 1962 India-China war. "We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so-called 2023 "standard map” …

'PM should speak on China': Rahul Gandhi on new map that includes Arunachal
1 year, 3 months ago

'PM should speak on China': Rahul Gandhi on new map that includes Arunachal

India Today  

Describing the new Chinese map, which included Indian territories, as a "very serious issue," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on China's activities along the Indian border. China on Monday released its new edition of "standard map", incorporating Arunachal Pradesh, the Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea …

I've been saying for years PM is lying about land encroached by China: Rahul Gandhi reacts to map row | WATCH
1 year, 3 months ago

I've been saying for years PM is lying about land encroached by China: Rahul Gandhi reacts to map row | WATCH

India TV News  

Reacting to the ongoing row over China's latest map which incorporated Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said it is a very serious issue and what PM Modi keeps saying on China's encroachment is a lie. Meanwhile, the government responded strongly after China released the 2023 edition of its "standard map", incorporating Arunachal …

India lodges protest with China over map claiming border territory
1 year, 3 months ago

India lodges protest with China over map claiming border territory

Al Jazeera  

Diplomatic protest follows reports that new map shows Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin plateau as being within China’s territory India has lodged a strong protest with China over a new map that lays claim to territory New Delhi says is Indian, the latest tension between the two Asian neighbours over their mutual border. The protest lodged by …

India lodges ‘strong protest’ with China over new map; ‘absurd claims’, says External Affairs Minister
1 year, 3 months ago

India lodges ‘strong protest’ with China over new map; ‘absurd claims’, says External Affairs Minister

The Hindu  

India on Tuesday lodged a “strong protest” with China over the publication of a new map that was released by the Chinese government on August 28, showing all of Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin, and other parts of Indian territory within its borders, that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called “absurd claims”. The map, that has in the past claimed Indian …

Indian govt lodges strong protest against China's distorted map
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian govt lodges strong protest against China's distorted map

Op India  

On Tuesday evening, India’s Ministry of External Affairs hit back at China hours after it had released the 2023 edition of its territorial map as per its imagination. In regard to media queries regarding China’s bizarre claims, the MEA issued an official statement rejecting the so-called 2023 “standard map” of China. MEA’s official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told the media that …

India lodges protest with China showing Arunachal as its territory in new map
1 year, 3 months ago

India lodges protest with China showing Arunachal as its territory in new map

Hindustan Times  

India on Tuesday lodged a strong protest with China on the latest map unveiled by the neighbouring country that claimed Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as its own territories. "We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so called 2023 “standard map” of China that lays claim to India’s territory. A massive …

No arbitrarily invented map by China can change Arunachal, Aksai Chin as inalienable parts of India: Congress
1 year, 3 months ago

No arbitrarily invented map by China can change Arunachal, Aksai Chin as inalienable parts of India: Congress

The Hindu  

Asserting that Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in China’s map are inalienable parts of India, the Congress on Tuesday said that no illegal representation or arbitrarily invented map by the “habitual offender” China can change it. Taking strong objection, the principal Opposition party urged the Narendra Modi government to use the upcoming G20 Summit to “expose” China’s transgressions into Indian …

’Courage for surgical strike?’: Oppn as China adds Arunachal Pradesh in new map
1 year, 3 months ago

’Courage for surgical strike?’: Oppn as China adds Arunachal Pradesh in new map

Live Mint  

China has released their official ‘standard map’ for 2023, which includes Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region as parts of the east Asian nation. The map released on August 28 shows Arunachal Pradesh which China claims as South Tibet and Aksai Chin occupied by it in the 1962 war as part of its territory. Tibetan Govt in exile Tenzin …

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more
1 year, 3 months ago

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

The Hindu  

Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, seeks apology Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, has slapped a legal notice against a Manipur politician for causing “considerable harm to the reputation and standing of the organisation in the public eye.” It said the notice is being served for tarnishing the reputation and “discouraging and demoralising” the …

India lodges protest with China over new map showing Arunachal as its territory
1 year, 3 months ago

India lodges protest with China over new map showing Arunachal as its territory

India Today  

India has lodged a strong protest with China after Beijing published a new map of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as its territory. China released the new edition of its map on Monday, incorporating Arunachal Pradesh, the Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea in it. Addressing the media on Tuesday, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We …

China's 'old habit': S Jaishankar dismisses new map that includes Arunachal
1 year, 3 months ago

China's 'old habit': S Jaishankar dismisses new map that includes Arunachal

India Today  

The External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took strong objection to the inclusion of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in a latest map released by China and asserted that the neighbouring country has this 'habit' of releasing such maps. Jaishankar, while speaking to NDTV, also said that China merely including other countries' territories in its maps meant 'nothing'. Jaishankar's …

'We reject these claims as they have no basis': India's strong response over Chinese new map
1 year, 3 months ago

'We reject these claims as they have no basis': India's strong response over Chinese new map

India TV News  

The government has strongly responded after China released the 2023 edition of its "standard map", incorporating Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region in it. Responding to the media queries on the so-called 2023 "standard map” of China, Arindam Bagchi, the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that India has lodged a strong protest regarding it. "We …

China releases new official map, showing territorial claims
1 year, 3 months ago

China releases new official map, showing territorial claims

The Hindu  

China’s government on August 28 released the “2023 edition of the standard map of China”, which continues to show the entire State of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region within China’s borders. The latest map follows Beijing in April announcing it would “standardise” the names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, including a town close to the Arunachal Pradesh …

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