----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Mal, Locating recent (post 1950's Army Map Service) large-scale topographic maps of China are very difficult, and maybe impossible to find outside of China, as I have discovered from my own recent inquiry on Beijing topos. The best that we have are the L-500 series at 1:250K by the AMS, compiled 1954. If you need bl&wh copies, and if anybody knows of a source for larger-scale topos for China, please let me know. Aloha, Ross Togashi University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton Library Map Collection