▁ ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁revolution , ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Geography ▁under ▁the ▁a eg is ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁became ▁responsible ▁for ▁official ▁cart ography ▁and ▁em ulated ▁the ▁Soviet ▁model ▁of ▁ge ography ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁With ▁its ▁emphas is ▁on ▁field work , ▁sound ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁physical ▁environment ▁and ▁the ▁inter relation ▁between ▁physical ▁and ▁economic ▁ge ography , ▁the ▁Russian ▁influence ▁counter bal anced ▁the ▁many ▁pre - li ber ation ▁Western - tra ined ▁Chinese ▁ge ography ▁special ists ▁who ▁were ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁historical ▁and ▁culture ▁aspects ▁of ▁cart ography . ▁As ▁a ▁consequence , ▁China ' s ▁main ▁ge ographical ▁journal , ▁the ▁D ili ▁X ue ba o ▁( 地 理 学 <0xE6> <0x8A> <0xA5> ) ▁featured ▁many ▁articles ▁by ▁Soviet ▁ge ograph ers . ▁As ▁Soviet ▁influence ▁w an ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁ge ographic ▁activity ▁continued ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁modern isation ▁until ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁stop ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁Cultural ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁India ▁ ▁Indian ▁cart ographic ▁trad itions ▁covered ▁the ▁locations ▁of ▁the ▁P ole ▁star ▁and ▁other ▁const ell ations ▁of ▁use . ▁These ▁charts ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁use ▁by ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Common ▁Era ▁for ▁purposes ▁of ▁navigation . ▁ ▁D etailed ▁maps ▁of ▁considerable ▁length ▁describing ▁the ▁locations ▁of ▁settlement s , ▁sea ▁sh ores , ▁rivers , ▁and