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(VOVworld) - The US State Department has said it will raise concerns with Beijing over a map printed in new Chinese passports. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters on Tuesday: "We do have concerns about this map which is causing tension and anxiety between and among the states in the South China Sea (East Sea). We do intend to raise this with the Chinese in terms of it 's not helpful to the environment we all seek to resolve these issues”.

Nuland said the map is not conducive to creating an environment for the parties involved to resolve their territorial disputes, and that the US does not acknowledge the sovereignty China claims in this map.