English: The “Postal map of China”, 1917, an official publication of the Government of China, published at Peking in 1917. The map is reproduced in all “noteworthy” books pertaining to India’s border issue, including “Himalayan Frontiers” by Dorothy Woodman published inter alia by London Barrie and Rockliff The Cresset Press, 1969 at page 81.
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The “Postal map of China”, 1917 , a Government of China’s official Government publications, published at Peking in 1917. Actually an imperialist map of China during the relevant period, besides the depiction of Aksai Chin as part of India, th