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Taiwan Irked at Google's Version of Earth
frank_adrian314159 writes "As reported in The Register, Taiwan wants Google Earth to stop calling it a province of China. Although Google has yet to comment on this issue, it will be interesting to see the brightest minds that money can buy trying to solve what decades of diplomats have unsuccessfully wrestled with - how to balance the nationalistic pride of the inhabitants of Taiwan against the nationalistic pride of the inhabitants of mainland China." From the article: "Foreign ministry spokesman, Michel Lu, explained: 'It is incorrect to call Taiwan a province of China because we are not. We have contacted Google to express our position and asked them to correct the description.' Google has maintained a stony silence on the matter, presumably while it tries to work out a solution which will please both the Taiwanese and the hosts of the (lucrative, burgeoning, inviting) Chinese internet search business opportunity market."
Oh yeah, I forgot, the UN is politically neutral in everything it does (silly me!)
"The majority of the Taiwanese, if they believed they could declare themselves independent without total destruction of them and their land, would do so in a heartbeat."
This begs the question, what kind of cowards aren't willing to defend their freedom with their lives?
FOR THOSE MORRONS AND REDNECKS, Taiwan is one of the provinces of China. If you start talking about democratic bush@#it, look back to your own retarded president, could you please pretend a little bit smarter than that liar!