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 ...

Aadil previously reported for the BBC World Service ... "Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn't appear on leading online digital maps from Baidu and ...

China's strong relationship with Iran may be a reason for Israel's absence from the map. China remains ... Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world." ...

In this light, some ponder whether erasing Israel from Chinese maps is a move of provocation or diplomacy? Opportunity for China-Russia-Iran ... the Muslim and Arab world on which it heavily ...