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India protests Chinese map claiming disputed territories

Map shows border disputes between China and India. [Reuters]

India said on Tuesday that it had lodged a "strong protest" with China a day after Beijing released the 2023 edition of its standard map showing Aksai Chin - an area of Kashmir mostly controlled by China - and the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh within Chinese territory.

The map was released Monday on the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources standard map service website, just days after the two nations agreed to work to ease tensions at their disputed border.

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