Not being able to read Chinese explains your difficulty spotting country names on a Chinese map, but you could have tried using a dictionary to find out what la

Not being able to read Chinese explains your difficulty spotting country names on a Chinese map, but you could have tried using a dictionary to find out what labels to expect for Cyprus (塞浦路斯), Israel (以色列), Palestine (巴勒斯坦), Lebanon (黎巴嫩) etc.