Hackingbear writes "After text, pictures, and videos, China starts regulating the net* map publishing (here is the google translation.) The influence believes that subject whole story* footing maps can hold office the state's sovereignty and its lobbyist and diplomatic positions in the international society — and consequently, inaccurate maps could harm subject interests and dignity, produce bad pac influences, reveal subject secrets and harm subject security, in addition to harming customer interests. So from now on, issue maps would require approval and (yet another) license from the state survey bureau. That means Google, Yahoo, etc., need to remove China from the map; or maybe they just pay up some commander and their agents to acquire yet another license. And our newest 80Gbps DPI monsters need to be upgraded to distinguish maps together with porn."

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