In the interests of the Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership, it would be a good idea for Beijing to quietly modify the latest version of its annual standard map at its earliest convenience in order to remove the nearly indiscernible squiggle extending through the Russian half of Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island.
Can you give us a reference, like this one: 48.189478321377315, 134.66985611569197, which we can copy and paste into Google Maps to come up with something like this: https://goo.gl/maps/DdbnCDigqr8b1yLt5, which doesn't have the names of little islands, like 'Bolshoy Ussuriysky' marked, please?
Despite going on and on about how clear their thinking is, the 'Newsweek' article you've linked to, although it in turn provides a link to yet more ever-so-clear&insightful (Exceptionally necessary) thinking about "China's New Map Claims Swathes of Neighboring Territory", I can't actually find anything to show me EXACTLY what we're talking about.
Please excuse me if I just haven't tried hard enough, but such 'journalism' as you've linked to seems to have some mystical means of gobbling up all my morning's patience. Please humour me, if you could be so kind.
I'm not too well-versed on using Google Maps to the point of being able to extract exact geographic coordinates but I hyperlinked to the map at the beginning of my analysis citing publicly financed China Daily here:
Later on in the piece, I also hyperlinked to Regnum, a reliable Russian analytical outlet, who cited two top Russian experts confirming that the map does indeed include their country's territory but arguing that it must have certainly been a mistake:
For what it's worth, the Wikipedia article about Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island provides some basic background information about where the island is located and the origins of this now-resolved dispute:
As for why I linked to Newsweek's article, it's because RT specifically drew attention to it as the reason why Zakharova clarified the situation after that outlet implied that Moscow's silence was suspicious.
"I'm not too well-versed on using Google Maps to the point of being able to extract exact geographic coordinates..."
Put the cursor on the exact spot you're interested in, using Google Maps, and right-click. A dialogue box should then pop up with a load of options to choose from. At the top of the list there should be a line of numbers, something like this: 56.162418122962926, -3.057974216629486. If you (left-)click on the numbers, the dialogue box should disappear and a little notice in black should pop up at the bottom of the screen — a notice box — saying 'Copied to clipboard'. Those numbers should now be in your paste buffer, so you can paste them wherever you like, e.g. in an e-mail, etc. from where they can be copied to paste into Google Maps elsewhere to provide the precise coordinates and open exactly the map they were copied from.
"...China Daily here:"
Yeah, I went there but couldn't find a precise location.
"...arguing that it must have certainly been a mistake:"
Ah-ha, yeah, that's often favourite; and easiest: just (right-)click (to open in a new tab) on the coordinates in the upper-right-hand corner — gotta be favourite! Only problem is, I then spend far more time digging deeper into the details than I can really justify.
Wow: the China&Russia Handover Ceremony Site in Industrial'nyy Rayon, Khabarovsk, Russia; less than a kilometre from the border with the Jewish Autonomous Region! Something tells me we may not have heard the last of this. Very interesting, thanks for pointing it out!
"Hello, according to the new approved geopolitical maps of CHINA, you are now in China.
Tell me please, how do you like living in China? Do you feel the intervention of the Chinese authorities or the people on your property and business.
"...because RT specifically drew attention to it..."
Yeah, makes sense.
Still haven't got my finger out to sort out a VPN, so I'm still relying on you to filter RT for me, exactly as you have done here (above). It works for me, just hope it doesn't waste too much of your time.
I don't know what you're asking for since the link you shared in your previous comment aligns with the partitioned island.
I wrote in my analysis that the map shared on China Daily's link, and which was republished on other Chinese media, shows the island in the northeast segment.
About VPNs, they're easy to use. You just download one and then activate it on your web browser. It should connect in a few seconds. You can also change the location.
Can you give us a reference, like this one: 48.189478321377315, 134.66985611569197, which we can copy and paste into Google Maps to come up with something like this: https://goo.gl/maps/DdbnCDigqr8b1yLt5, which doesn't have the names of little islands, like 'Bolshoy Ussuriysky' marked, please?
Despite going on and on about how clear their thinking is, the 'Newsweek' article you've linked to, although it in turn provides a link to yet more ever-so-clear&insightful (Exceptionally necessary) thinking about "China's New Map Claims Swathes of Neighboring Territory", I can't actually find anything to show me EXACTLY what we're talking about.
Please excuse me if I just haven't tried hard enough, but such 'journalism' as you've linked to seems to have some mystical means of gobbling up all my morning's patience. Please humour me, if you could be so kind.
I'm not too well-versed on using Google Maps to the point of being able to extract exact geographic coordinates but I hyperlinked to the map at the beginning of my analysis citing publicly financed China Daily here:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/28/WS64ec91c2a31035260b81ea5b.html
Later on in the piece, I also hyperlinked to Regnum, a reliable Russian analytical outlet, who cited two top Russian experts confirming that the map does indeed include their country's territory but arguing that it must have certainly been a mistake:
https://regnum.ru/news/3829621
For what it's worth, the Wikipedia article about Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island provides some basic background information about where the island is located and the origins of this now-resolved dispute:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoy_Ussuriysky_Island
As for why I linked to Newsweek's article, it's because RT specifically drew attention to it as the reason why Zakharova clarified the situation after that outlet implied that Moscow's silence was suspicious.
"I'm not too well-versed on using Google Maps to the point of being able to extract exact geographic coordinates..."
Put the cursor on the exact spot you're interested in, using Google Maps, and right-click. A dialogue box should then pop up with a load of options to choose from. At the top of the list there should be a line of numbers, something like this: 56.162418122962926, -3.057974216629486. If you (left-)click on the numbers, the dialogue box should disappear and a little notice in black should pop up at the bottom of the screen — a notice box — saying 'Copied to clipboard'. Those numbers should now be in your paste buffer, so you can paste them wherever you like, e.g. in an e-mail, etc. from where they can be copied to paste into Google Maps elsewhere to provide the precise coordinates and open exactly the map they were copied from.
"...China Daily here:"
Yeah, I went there but couldn't find a precise location.
"...arguing that it must have certainly been a mistake:"
Went there, as well, and got all carried away, reading interesting stuff, like https://regnum.ru/news/3683708.
"...the Wikipedia article..."
Ah-ha, yeah, that's often favourite; and easiest: just (right-)click (to open in a new tab) on the coordinates in the upper-right-hand corner — gotta be favourite! Only problem is, I then spend far more time digging deeper into the details than I can really justify.
Wow: the China&Russia Handover Ceremony Site in Industrial'nyy Rayon, Khabarovsk, Russia; less than a kilometre from the border with the Jewish Autonomous Region! Something tells me we may not have heard the last of this. Very interesting, thanks for pointing it out!
"Hello, according to the new approved geopolitical maps of CHINA, you are now in China.
Tell me please, how do you like living in China? Do you feel the intervention of the Chinese authorities or the people on your property and business.
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(Translated by Google See original (Russian))"
https://goo.gl/maps/1qZr7ZYr7BrMxstW6
"...because RT specifically drew attention to it..."
Yeah, makes sense.
Still haven't got my finger out to sort out a VPN, so I'm still relying on you to filter RT for me, exactly as you have done here (above). It works for me, just hope it doesn't waste too much of your time.
I don't know what you're asking for since the link you shared in your previous comment aligns with the partitioned island.
I wrote in my analysis that the map shared on China Daily's link, and which was republished on other Chinese media, shows the island in the northeast segment.
About VPNs, they're easy to use. You just download one and then activate it on your web browser. It should connect in a few seconds. You can also change the location.
Yeah, no; I was just Googling around.
Sorry to waste your time.
It's okay, no worries!