A topography map entitled "classified", published during the Culture Revolution (1966-1976), was discovered trading in a collection market in May, which triggered the joint notice by five regional ...

1:50,000 topographic maps are of the highest accuracy in China’s national basic map series required to cover all its territory. 1:50,000 fundamental geographic database is the 1:50,000 ...

This map (on the right) shows the origin location of People’s Armed Police troops who have been sent to Xinjiang to help quell the unrest.

Geography---Xinjiang Situated in the northwest of China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was known in China as the Western Territory in ancient times. Its 1.66 million square kilometers represent ...