新版中国护照内页中国地图引越南抗议

新版中国护照内页中国地图引越南抗议  

Beijing has included its South China Sea territorial claims on maps printed inside new Chinese passports
infuriating at least one of its neighbours.
Vietnam has formally plained to Beijing about the new passports. “The Vietnamese side has taken note of this matter and the o sides are discussing it
but so far there has been no result
” said Vietnam’s embassy in Beijing.
Other countries that have clashed with China over the resource-rich region are also worried that Beijing is seeking implicit recognition of its territorial claims through the passports
which would be stamped every time a Chinese citizen visits. “This is viewed as quite a serious escalation because China is issuing millions of these new passports and adult passports are valid for 10 years
” said one senior Beijing-based diplomat who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue. “If Beijing were to change its position later
it would have to recall all those passports.”
其它与中国围绕资源丰富的南中国海地区发生过冲突的国家，也担心北京方面通过发放新版护照来谋求它国对其领土主张的默认——中国公民入境这些国家时，它们要在该公民的护照上盖章。一位驻北京的高级外交官表示：“外界认为，这意味着局势严重升级，因为中国正在发放无数的新版护照，而且成人的护照有效期长达10年。如果北京方面稍后改变立场，它就必须召回所有这些新版护照。”这位外交官要求不透露其姓名，因为这个话题比较敏感。
Territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas have overshadowed Asia-Pacific summits attended by US President Barack Obama this week
with southeast Asian nations divided over how to respond to an increasingly assertive China.
Beijing claims virtually the entire South China Sea. The claims are represented on Chinese maps by a “nine-dash line” that extends to the coastlines of the Philippines
Brunei
Malaysia
Vietnam and Indonesia.
The dashes enclose a region that is believed to be rich in undersea energy reserves and also incorporate the self-ruled island of Taiwan
which Beijing claims as its territory.
China’s ministry of public security oversees the design and issuance of the passports. The passports also include pictures of o tourist destinations on Taiwan.
“The map on the Chinese passport is not directed at any specific country
” the foreign ministry said. “China is willing to actively municate with the relevant countries.”
Shi Yinhong
a professor of international affairs at Renmin University
said the decision to include the map was probably made at ministerial level rather than by China’s top leaders.