India, the Philippines, and Malaysia have all lodged protests.
neighbours to object to its new national map, joining Malaysia and India in releasing strongly worded statements accusing Beijing of claiming their territory.
The map is the "latest attempt to legitimize China's purported sovereignty and jurisdiction over Philippine features and maritime zones has no basis under international law," the Philippines Foreign Affairs department said in a statement. Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also dismissed China's "unilateral claims," adding the southeast Asian nation "is consistent in its position of rejecting any foreign party's claims to sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction on Malaysia's maritime features."
The map dispute comes days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Xi had a rare face-to-face meeting in South Africa where they agreed to "intensify efforts" to deescalate tensions at their contested border, a move that was seen as a step toward mending their fraught relationship.
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