Journal of the Korean Geographical Society ISSN:1225-6633(Print) 대한지리학회지

This paper examines PRC’s perception of the border on the Baekdu Mountain region at the time through an analysis of the ｢Map of the Changbai(Baekdu) Mountain Cheonji Area｣ in 『The Border Atlas of PRC』(1959), and attempts to confirm the origin of the border markings on the North Korean map cited in the map. The following points are presented as the conclusions. First, China’s border marking method depicted on this map was never presented or insisted upon in border negotiations between Joseon Korea and Qing China. Second, North Korea’s border marking method drawn on this map was also never presented or insisted on in the negotiations between Joseon Korea and Qing China. Third, China’s understanding of the Gando Agreement shown in this map is an error. Fourth, North Korea’s border marking method shown on this map is presumed to be related to the drawing area of ​​the Baekdu Mountain region on the Japanese topographic map(1/50,000), the Agreement Concerning Gando, and Kim Il-sung’s secret camp for the anti-Japanese movement. Fourth, in some sections of the upper Duman(Tumen) River, the two countries appear to have established substantive jurisdictional areas based on the Agreement Concerning Gando as understood according to the Japanese topographic map(1/50,000). Nevertheless, it is presumed that China at the time was not aware of it.