A Japanese military atlas printed secretly 72 years ago was recently found in Anlu, Hubei Province in central China. It clearly indicates China's Taiwan Province, the three northeastern provinces, Shandong Peninsula and Jiaozhou Bay into the territory of "the Japanese Empire".

According to the report of Hubei Daily, this atlas, printed in Tokyo in 1928, is about 28-centimeter long, 22-centimmeter wide and 3-centimeter thick, composed of 58 maps. The 52nd and 53rd maps are about the southern and northern parts of Taiwan, the 57th being the "Full Map of South Manchuria" which lists Tieling, Changchun, Lioayang, Fengtian and other places and the 58th the "Full Map of Guandong Zhou" which marks Jioazhou Bay, Dalian, Pingdao and Shandong Peninsula, etc. On each of the map, military ports, impotent ports, schools and military barracks are all clearly indicated. The "Full Map of the Japanese Empire" in this atlas is three or four times larger than the metropolitan territory of Japan.