• qwename
    31·
    1 year ago

    This refers to commercial maps like Baidu or Amap, not official maps provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources.

    From https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/202310/t20231031_11171195.html

    Reuters: It appears that the Baidu and Alibaba Gaode maps do not immediately show Israel unless people search for the country on those maps. Is there a reason that these platforms don’t identify Israel on their maps? Has China asked these platforms that provide map services to remove Israel? Also, does China still recognize Israel as a sovereign state?

    Wang Wenbin: I believe you are aware that China and Israel have a normal diplomatic relationship. As for your questions, the relevant country is clearly marked on the standard maps issued by the Chinese competent authorities, which you may refer to.

    Ministry of Natural Resources https://map.tianditu.gov.cn/ (English labels added by me)

    Baidu https://map.baidu.com/

    • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]English
      27·
      1 year ago

      https://amap.com:

      None of the countries are labeled at all, swallowing my head.

      Neither Baidu nor Alibaba’s Amap are displaying names of either Israel or Palestine. The media reporting on this seem to have a resistance to fact-checking WSJ’s report.

      Lemmygrad fact checker seems to rank this as Debunked Fox News Lies.

      • albigu
        9·
        1 year ago

        The media reporting on this seem to have a resistance to fact-checking WSJ’s report.

        They are like this all the time. Every tinyman day there’s a flurry of posts that some entire Beijing landmark has been wiped off of the map, yet just putting the place on Google translate and throwing it on Baidu always nets me results. Sometimes I wonder if these journalists even know baidu or the hanzi of the things they cite.