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> Almost 30,000 “incorrect” world maps, showing Taiwan as a separate country and wrong depiction of the Sino-Indian border, were destroyed by the customs author

> Almost 30,000 “incorrect” world maps, showing Taiwan as a separate country and wrong depiction of the Sino-Indian border, were destroyed by the customs authorities in Qingdao, it said. > “What China did in the map market was absolutely legitimate and necessary, because sovereignty and territorial integrity are the most important things to a country. Both Taiwan and South Tibet are parts of China’s territory which is sacred and inviolable based on the international law,” Liu Wenzong, professor from the department of International Law of China Foreign Affairs University said.

mc32 8y ago
They are touchy about their maps for sure. If you want to get kicked out of the country, just make it known you own a map like these at your workplace. Deportation will not be far off.
crooked-v 8y ago
> showing Taiwan as a separate country Fun fact: the government of Taiwan would also object to these maps. Both the RoC and the PRoC claim that all of China (mainland + the island of Taiwan) is actually one country, but disagree on who's rightfully in charge of it. This is also what both governments use to justify allowing civilian travel between them, with a polite legal fiction along the lines of 'that's still China over there so you can go there, even though that territory is controlled by those people we don't like'.
- CharlesColeman 8y ago
  > Fun fact: the government of Taiwan would also object to these maps. Both the RoC and the PRoC claim that all of China (mainland + the island of Taiwan) is actually one country, but disagree on who's rightfully in charge of it. Another fun fact: the RoC would probably give up its claim to Mainland China if it could, but it can't because the PRC would interpret that as a declaration of independence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Possible_military_solutions_and_intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Pos...

mc32 8y ago

They are touchy about their maps for sure. If you want to get kicked out of the country, just make it known you own a map like these at your workplace. Deportation will not be far off.

crooked-v 8y ago

> showing Taiwan as a separate country Fun fact: the government of Taiwan would also object to these maps. Both the RoC and the PRoC claim that all of China (mainland + the island of Taiwan) is actually one country, but disagree on who's rightfully in charge of it. This is also what both governments use to justify allowing civilian travel between them, with a polite legal fiction along the lines of 'that's still China over there so you can go there, even though that territory is controlled by those people we don't like'.

CharlesColeman 8y ago
> Fun fact: the government of Taiwan would also object to these maps. Both the RoC and the PRoC claim that all of China (mainland + the island of Taiwan) is actually one country, but disagree on who's rightfully in charge of it. Another fun fact: the RoC would probably give up its claim to Mainland China if it could, but it can't because the PRC would interpret that as a declaration of independence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Possible_military_solutions_and_intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Pos...