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| Quote: | Google Inc.'s popular online mapping service has become entangled in a long-running territorial dispute between mainland China and Taiwan.
Until recently, Google's maps described Taiwan as a "province of China." That sparked protests from Taiwan's government, which has considered its island an independent state since ending a civil war with China more than a half-century ago.
Shortly after Taiwan's foreign ministry formally complained, the China reference abruptly disappeared from Google's Taiwan map last week.
That, in turn, has provoked cries of dismay in China and talk of a possible boycott of Google's service in that country, according to Chinese media.
The change doesn't reflect Google's political opinion on the dispute, according to company spokeswoman Debbie Frost. She said Google wanted to enlarge its map images to make them even easier for users to see, so it removed all text from the left corner of the Web page.
The long-planned switch also has removed the descriptive phrases that appeared alongside other countries on Google's maps.
Although initially disappointed with the change, the Chinese government now understands it's part of a product upgrade after discussing the issue with Google, a spokesman for China's San Francisco consulate said Wednesday. "We continue to think it's important to recognize Taiwan is part of China," Qiang Wang said.
China is strategically important to Google and its two biggest rivals, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., because the country represents the world's largest Internet audience outside the United States.
Some human rights and free-speech activists have criticized the U.S. technology companies for submitting to repressive Chinese laws to protect their business interests there. |
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heh - interesting article. Is there anyone from those areas of the world on this forum that would give us some commentary?
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Dont know but google will bow down to chinese pressure i guess.. The news is that India is also filling a complaint with Google for showing POK in pakistan...
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| Gooooogler wrote: | | Dont know but google will bow down to chinese pressure i guess.. The news is that India is also filling a complaint with Google for showing POK in pakistan... |
Oh, yes. And there are some very unhappy people in the India forum.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: thats what a danger india is facing |
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| There are many pictures of Indian cities which are sensitive , the restricted area , near gate way of india , that are the naval docks and the navy ships are easily seen with the help of Google earth , i am an Indian and I didnt knew , whether , India has even naval submarines , and what i see is fact in google earth , well thats severe and I object to it , since it breaks privacy of a nations technology , i can now easily say that there are 2 aircraft carriers , which are currently lying in docks and 5 submarines easily seen , even the BARC - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , can be viewed nicely in this version of google earth , the Nuclear Reactor can be seen very finely , which again brings trouble to the country , well i think that these sensitive images shall be removed , even the respected president of India - Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam , has questioned google regarding this step , United States was successful in removing pics of Washington DC , and I think , India shall be also successful. Thats breakage of our Privacy! I live near mumbai and I know about the areas here , I have never seen dockyard , coz its restricted and one can see it in google earth! |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: thats what a danger india is facing |
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| einsteinisgaurav wrote: | | There are many pictures of Indian cities which are sensitive , the restricted area , near gate way of india , that are the naval docks and the navy ships are easily seen with the help of Google earth , i am an Indian and I didnt knew , whether , India has even naval submarines , and what i see is fact in google earth , well thats severe and I object to it , since it breaks privacy of a nations technology , i can now easily say that there are 2 aircraft carriers , which are currently lying in docks and 5 submarines easily seen , even the BARC - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , can be viewed nicely in this version of google earth , the Nuclear Reactor can be seen very finely , which again brings trouble to the country , well i think that these sensitive images shall be removed , even the respected president of India - Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam , has questioned google regarding this step , United States was successful in removing pics of Washington DC , and I think , India shall be also successful. Thats breakage of our Privacy! I live near mumbai and I know about the areas here , I have never seen dockyard , coz its restricted and one can see it in google earth! |
Thanks for your double post.
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