Angela Merkel's historical China map flap

By Rachel Lu
Updated April 2 2014 - 4:13pm, first published 2:35pm
A detail of the 1735 d'Anville map showing ''China Proper''.
A detail of the 1735 d'Anville map showing ''China Proper''.

Hong Kong: Last week German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner where they exchanged gifts. Merkel presented to Xi a 1735 map of China made by prolific French cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville and printed by a German publishing house.

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