[zmgsabst]

Why should Israel respond as if this is less serious than China does when Taiwan is listed on a map?

China is extremely offended when that happens — and should be held to the same standard, regarding others.

[master_crab]

China is extremely offended by a lot of things done by a lot of countries. Welcome to the club.

What this definitely is not is a major provocation.

[happytoexplain]

>China is extremely offended by a lot of things done by a lot of countries

Yes, that's bad. Hence, "should be held to the same standard". You may reasonably disagree with that, but as it stands your implication is that the more bad things a country does, the less we should care.