China is a country that never wants to yield state control.. over anything. Here we have another prime example, in order to better control even how it's citizens visualize other areas of China and the world, China has invested into the creation of it's own version of Google maps, only to make it special it is completely compliant with Chinese government censorship, unlike Google that uses satellite imagery to show what is actually there.
Interesting mentions from the article copied bellow, that Taiwan is not allowed to be viewed in the same resolution as Mainland China because it is a renegade province. This mapping service also removes all military sites from view, as well as any other areas of the country the state deems sensitive.
In order to better have control over foreign entities here we see the useChina is a country that never wants to yield state control.. over anything. Here we have another prime example, in order to better control even how it's citizens visualize other areas of China and the world, China has invested into the creation of it's own version of Google maps, only to make it special it is completely compliant with Chinese government censorship, unlike Google that uses satellite imagery to show what is actually there.
Interesting mentions from the article copied bellow, that Taiwan is not allowed to be viewed in the same resolution as Mainland China because it is a renegade province. This mapping service also removes all military sites from view, as well as any other areas of the country the state deems sensitive.
In order to better have control over foreign entities here we see the use of retrospective licensing which would force Google to house all of it's data in Chinese government servers.. It is easy to see why Google has not applied yet.
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