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China’s Maps Call Vladivostok ‘Haishenwai’

And therein lies the beginning of what could become quite a story.

Presidential Press Office, Kremlin.ru, via Wikimedia Commons
President Xi awarding President Putin the Order of Friendship of the People’s Republic of China in 2018. Presidential Press Office, Kremlin.ru, via Wikimedia Commons
ALEKSANDRA GADZALA TIRZIU
ALEKSANDRA GADZALA TIRZIU

It has been said that one cannot use an old map to explore a new world. Yet, if one is Communist China, one might be able to edit it to create a new world. Beijing’s recently revised mapping standards seem to suggest it is attempting just that.

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ALEKSANDRA GADZALA TIRZIU
ALEKSANDRA GADZALA TIRZIU

Ms. Gadzala Tirziu is a contributing editor of The New York Sun, covering foreign affairs. She is also Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, Visiting Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and lecturer in international relations at the University of Zurich.

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