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The report comes after China voiced its support for a ceasefire. Israel's name is conspicuously absent from maps on the Chinese internet, according to the Wall Street Journal. Internet users in ...

People in China are calling attention to the fact that the state of Israel is not present on online maps in China, a concerning development given China's historical obsession with map boundaries.

"You should know that China and Israel have normal diplomatic relations. Regarding the relevant issues you mentioned, the relevant countries are clearly marked on the standard map issued by the ...

In this light, some ponder whether erasing Israel from Chinese maps is a move of provocation or diplomacy? Opportunity for China-Russia-Iran order in Eurasia? With China’s traditional posture of ...

The online Baidu maps in Chinese display the internationally accepted borders of Israel, along with those of the Palestinian territories and significant cities. Nevertheless, the nation's name is ...

Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn’t appear on leading online digital maps from Baidu and Alibaba, an ambiguity that matches Beijing’s vague ...

Simone Lipkind is a research associate for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. It wasn’t so long ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called his country’s ...