Japanese Retailer Muji Dragged Into China Map Dispute

Japanese Retailer Muji Dragged Into China Map Dispute
A Muji store on Huaihai Road in Shanghai, China, pictured on Feb. 15, 2016. August_0802/Shutterstock
Annie Wu
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Just after Japan’s foreign minister completed a visit to China to improve relations between the two countries, Chinese authorities showed how fraught the relationship can be.
On Jan. 29, China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping released a notice on “problematic maps,” calling out eight companies for maps that do not display China’s territorial disputes according to the regime’s claims.
Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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