Following on yesterday's posts, first up, here's the land in question, it is not inconsequential:
And from The Hindu, August 30/31:
China doubles down on new map, tells India to keep calm and not to ‘over-interpret’
India lodged a “strong protest” over the new map which showed within China’s borders all of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin, as well as the entire South China Sea
China on August 30 defended issuing a new “standard map” for 2023 that India has protested, saying it was “a routine practice” and asking New Delhi to “refrain from over-interpreting” it.
India on Tuesday lodged a “strong protest” over the new map that was released on Monday, and showed within China’s borders all of the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin, as well as the entire South China Sea....
....MUCH MORE
August 30:...External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday said the government “is very clear about what is our territory” and “making absurd claims does not make other people’s territories yours.”...
- "Putin Powerless to Complain About China Claiming Russia Territory"
- China Publishes New Map Claiming Part of India
Speaking of making claims, from June 2019:
Canada Makes A Move In The Arctic, Claims The North Pole: "Santa is Canadian eh"
...Russia planted a flag on the seabed at the North Pole
(and were promptly reminded it was no longer the 16th century and things were done differently these days)
And:
The most special fighting method! Hundreds of penguins' mutual anti-aircraft guns' pictures exposed on the Internet: super evil
