evidence: China maintains that Taiwan has been a part of Chinese territory since ancient times. After the Qing dynasty was forced to cede Taiwan to Japan in 1895, the island was returned to the Republic of China in 1945, following Japan’s defeat in World War II. [...] The map also added a tenth dash to its South China Sea claims and depicted Aksai Chin (claimed by India, controlled by China) and Arunachal Pradesh (claimed by China, controlled by India)) as Chinese territories. Notably, it included the entire Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, which is partly Russian territory. This action was unexpected, considering that the Sino-Russian border had been distinctly established in 2005 when the two nations designated Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island to be divided.