Re:The China GPS shift problem
by mc32 on Sunday January 24, 2016 @09:56PM
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They make the maps doubly illegal if Taiwan is shown with different colors indicating an independent country ;) never mind the Spratleys, Senkaku, etc.
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Is this really true? Like all maps you buy in China show Taiwan as part of PRC?
Yes, and China is in the middle of the map.
Oh c'mon, I'm still not sure about parent, but you are obviously trolling.
You need to develop some subtlety to be taken seriously.
Actually, I am completely serious. This is the map on display in Chinese schools:
http://www.miniharm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/worldmap....
The map centering is quite okay. After all they'd want to highlight the home country, no big deal.
The troublesome part is coloring land not theirs as theirs in the map as well as labeling India's "hat" as disputed. There ate disputed lands, but not as large as implied.
Crap cultural shock. At least they didn't renumber meridians :)
And it seems that Taiwan is indeed same color as PRC. They really are crazy.
That is the official view of China.
Sure, and the official view of Taiwan is (was?) that PRC are rebels within their territory.
However, it's one thing to have some "official view" and another thing to brainwash citizens into thinking that these countries really are one, as they practically aren't. I was asking about the latter.
For example, some EU regulation classifies snails as fish to make their production eligible for fishing subsidies, but in biology textbooks they still remained molluscs.
Re:The China GPS shift problem
by yyhhsj0521 on Monday January 25, 2016 @08:14PM
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Yes. In addition, all Republic of China maps you buy in Taiwan show PRC as part of ROC. lol