In China ownership of a map indicated sovereignty over the land it depicted. Understanding the interaction between a natural environment and various human and cultural patterns is an essential aspect ...

BEIJING - China released new regulations on maps on Monday to boost development of the geographic information industry. Included in the new regulations, which were signed by Premier Li Keqiang and ...

China’s struggle against its domestic and geographic constraints is the key to understanding the future of this region. Grab George Friedman's Exclusive eBook, The World Explained in Maps ...

China is the third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada, covering a whopping 3.7 million square miles. It also boasts the second largest population on the globe with 1.41 billion ...

The vertical map Photo: Xinhua. China unveiled its first official vertical national map to better serve the public alongside all previous versions of national maps, and China has never changed its ...

AN account of geographic research in China by Prof. Chi-Yun Chang (Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geog., 39, No. 1, March 1944) contains a record of a great deal of valuable work, much of which, under present ...