China Unveils New Passport

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India and China Row Over New Map in Passport. BBC, Nov 23, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20459064

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

台政府抗议中国护照台湾景点图. BBC Chinese, Nov 23, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... _new_passport.shtml
("中国新版护照在其内页的第43页上印上了台湾知名景点日月潭图案，其莹光防伪图案则是台湾东部的另一知名景点清水断崖")