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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 1 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.382s | source
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tinus_hn ◴[07 Oct 19 16:46 UTC] No.21182965[source]▶
In other news, when you were able to visit Google Maps in China you would see the Chinese view of the world where disputed regions are part of China, while the rest of the world would see something else.

https://qz.com/224821/see-how-borders-change-on-google-maps-...

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paxys ◴[07 Oct 19 17:15 UTC] No.21183340[source]▶
This is true for every country in the world. Google Maps in the US displays borders/countries which the US government recognizes.
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thrwn_frthr_awy ◴[07 Oct 19 17:49 UTC] No.21183811[source]▶
China is the only country in the world that requires Google Maps servers to be ran on Chinese government data centers by non-Google employees.
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