Wait, fun can be an antidote to stress and anxiety?! Since when?
Cocodapuf
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You're thinking of "condiments", which are usually used in different situations.
This is really dumb for a number of reasons. But first and foremost, we have a strong alliance with Taiwan, we should be trying to maintain that connection and not let our relationship become hostile. We have military bases in Taiwan, this is part of how we keep a close eye on China. If nothing else, Taiwan is strategically important to us.
In other words, don't fuck up years of successful diplomacy to make a quick buck like a nearsighted moron.
You know Google owns Waze right?
This is a good reminder and sanity check. Things this big are rarely easy to change.
They did (in Russia). There's no hypocrisy here. Just blanket compliance with local authority.
The maps look different when viewed in different regions, this becomes apparent whenever there's contested territory, like crimea, the China sea, Gaza. We only see the maps that our local government approves.
Yeah, I'm with you.
This timeline took a serious nosedive somewhere around 2010. I'm no longer sure think we're pulling out of it...
That's an interesting theory, we may just test that out.
But I suspect that ten years from now, it's name will be whatever it's been saying on the maps. Just ask New Yorkers (sorry, I mean new Amsterdamers).
For what it's worth, this is how Google maps has always worked. Use Google maps in China and you'll notice that borders are in different places, HK, ~~Tibet~~ Bhutan, the whole China sea, those are within China's borders. It's the same with Russia, crimea is just part of Russia if you use Google maps in Russia. If your country recognizes different borders or different names for places, that's what Google shows you in your country. It's basically either that or they can't operate in that country, so they don't really have a choice if they want to exist in that region.
Fun fact, they aren't called crab Rangoon's because they're supposed to include crab meat. That's called that because when they're folded up on four sides they look a bit like crabs.
Well, if it's good enough for the triads, ~~I guess I'm on board~~ I won't ask any more questions...
Well yeah, as of 6 years ago, after China invaded with military force, HK has been recognized as part of China on all maps. But Google showed it as part of China even before then.
And then yeah, I just remembered the wrong name, it was the border of Tibet/Bhutan that are in dispute, so parts of Bhutan display as Chinese territory.
Thanks for catching that.