The new map includes the entire South China Sea, Taiwan (both hemmed in with dashed lines), "Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin area in eastern Kashmir. * * * The Indian embassy in Beijing is said to have retaliated by stamping Chinese visas with a map of their own which shows the territories in India.
"Chinese official maps have long shown Taiwan and the South China Sea to be part of its own territory, but the inclusion of such claims on the passport has caused considerable anger.
"The disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, at the centre of recent tension between China and Japan are not included in the new document.
Note:
(a) In the accompanying photo, a China's map, in faint red, is showed in the upper lft corner of page 8.
(b) The map is magnified in