An international journal has said it is looking into concerns raised over a map featured in a paper by an Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) researcher, in which Victoria Harbour was omitted and Kowloon Peninsula was merged with Hong Kong Island.A spokesman for the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications journal said on Wednesday that its “assessment is ongoing”.Meanwhile, EdU defended the map, saying it was neither a distortion nor an error but a cartographic characteristic based on administrative boundaries rather than land-outline or coastline data.
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SUN · 2026-07-26 · 08:00 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0726-96071
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Journal to review university paper citing Hong Kong map without Victoria Harbour
An international journal, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, is reviewing a map featured in a paper by an Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) researcher. Concerns were raised because the map omitted Victoria Harbour and merged the Kowloon Peninsula with Hong Kong Island.
William YiuSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-26 · 08:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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An international journal, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, is reviewing a map featured in a paper by an Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) researcher. Concerns were raised because the map omitted Victoria Harbour and merged the Kowloon Peninsula with Hong Kong Island. A journal spokesman stated on Wednesday that its assessment is ongoing. EdU defended the map, asserting it was a cartographic characteristic based on administrative boundaries, not an error or distortion.
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The Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) defended the map, stating it was based on administrative boundaries, not coastline data.
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The journal's assessment of the map is ongoing.
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An international journal is reviewing a paper featuring a map that omitted Victoria Harbour and merged Kowloon with Hong Kong Island.
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EdU stated the map was neither a distortion nor an error.
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kowloon peninsula
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