evidence: Consider next Southeast Asia. China's Ministry of Natural Resources recently released the new "standard" official map that lays claim to almost all the South China Sea and parts of land that are currently in India and Russia. The reaction by those countries whose sovereignty was ignored was quick and pointed. Those countries in the South China Sea that lay claims to land features ignored by China's map rejected China's "unilateral claims" and said the map is "not binding." And India accused China's claims as having no basis and said the map "only complicate[s] the resolution of the boundary question." Only Russia has yet to respond. But it should be noted that China's claims over Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island in Russia are in direct conflict with an agreement the two countries signed two decades ago.