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Originally Posted by Australiasian
the article did not go into a great detail. but i think you get the picture of what's happening anyway. cheers
Trouble with names
The China Post
2005/10/10
The Internet search engine giant Google has recently come under fire for using "Taiwan, Province of China" in its designation for our country on satellite mapping and other popular functions.
While we usually disagree with the government of President Chen Shui-bian over its stances on national identity, this time the government was right to make a stand and demand the "Province of China" designation be removed.
As a matter of fact, this strange designation appears on many Web sites, apparently having been copied from drop-down lists posted by major international organizations such as the United Nations.
It is our hope that Google and other Internet firms have innocently copied these drop-down lists, committing a mere oversight that can be corrected quickly.
It would be sad to see major Internet companies getting dragged down into the nasty conflict over Taiwan's status, and this could also have negative effects on our own domestic software and information technology industry.
While we would prefer to see our national title, the Republic of China, appear alongside "Taiwan" on these lists, we would be satisfied if Google and other firms just used "Taiwan" without any more undignified qualifiers behind it.
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Google corrects map reference
STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005,Page 1
Following protests from legislators and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) over the Google Maps service's reference to Taiwan as a part of China, the Internet search engine over the weekend removed the words "a province of China" from its map of Taiwan.