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Google Considers China's "Web Mapping License"
eldavojohn writes "Back in May, China rolled out new laws requiring online mapping services to be 'certified' by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. The laws appear to go into effect this month. Today an AFP article outlines Google's consideration of these rules and notes that it's unlikely Google will meet the qualifications to become certified as all of its servers holding the mapping data are outside of China. The AFP also reported that 'Foreign firms wanting to provide mapping and surveying services in China are required to set up joint ventures or partnerships with local firms.' Unless large changes are made, Google's services might get a lot more stunted as China regulates onward."
FUCK CHINA! Yes mark this a trolling but hear me out. They have no consumers. The consumers they have live in squaller and long for a better life and those with any talent and ambition LEAVE China for a better life leaving only those behind who cannot afford to purchase products, live 10 people to a shack and get paid 30 cents a week.
So stop bowing to them. They are not the super power of consumerism and the new economy. Once their money comes back into balance with the dollar, they will collapse and the American consumer will look elsewhere for the next cheap product.
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