Vietnam has hit out at an online map service launched by the Chinese government last month, in a further sign of regional friction caused by Beijing’s growing assertiveness.
Vietnam’s foreign ministry said the Map World website “seriously in-fringes” its sovereignty by depicting the Paracel and Spratly Islands, which both countries claim as their own, as falling within Chinese waters in the South China Sea.
The website was developed by China’s state bureau of surveying and mapping in an attempt to challenge the dominance of Google and other private sector map providers and ensure that the government has more control over an industry it regards as crucial to national security.
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