 China considers a part of Russian land as its territory, Putin is powerless to complain about it. Chinese media outlets this week shared a new geographic map from China's state-owned standard map service that shows Russian territory as part of China, according to Newsweek Media Outlet. The map, which is said to have been approved by Beijing and was released by China's Ministry of Natural Resources, comes as Western observers have speculated that the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping has become strained. Earlier this month, the Institute for the Study of War-Think Tank wrote that China's public stance of neutrality in regard to Ukraine is causing a fissure between Beijing and the Kremlin. The new map will likely not help Russia-China ties, George Mason University-Shar School of Policy and Government Professor Mark Katz told Newsweek. The Kremlin very definitely pays close attention to Chinese maps, especially official ones, claiming that Russian territory actually belongs to China, he said. However, Katz added that if Putin is upset, he is not in a position to loudly complain about this since Moscow has become so dependent on economic relations with China as a result of Western sanctions. The 2023 geographic map indicates that Bolshoi-Ushuraisky Island on the Amur River is part of China. Russia and China disputed claims over the island beginning in the 1860s until the two nations agreed to divide the territory in a 2008 treaty, whereas the agreement gave the Western part of Bolshoi-Ushuraisky Island to China. The standard map service shows the entire island as Chinese territory.