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New Google China Dilemma: Get Maps License Or Get Lost

Google must get a license to operate Google Maps in China or risk state action against the company. According to Computerworld, “China will investigate and prosecute Google next July” if it doesn’t obtain the necessary license to continue operating its mapping service. The purpose of the mapping license regulations is ostensibly to “prevent security leaks […]

Greg Sterling on November 29, 2010 at 6:52 am
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Google must get a license to operate Google Maps in China or risk state action against the company. According to Computerworld, “China will investigate and prosecute Google next July” if it doesn’t obtain the necessary license to continue operating its mapping service.

The purpose of the mapping license regulations is ostensibly to “prevent security leaks and to ensure all online maps would provide accurate data for its users.” China probably sees Google Maps as a security threat and a potential extension of American intelligence.

The article reports that all mapping servers must be in China under the recently enacted regulations. In October the Chinese government launched an official mapping service called Map World that presumably competes with Google Maps.

The license renewal itself shouldn’t be a major problem, however. Google renewed its general license to operate in China this July. But what makes this all much more interesting is yesterday’s Wikileaks document dump that all-but-confirmed the Chinese government and its operatives were behind the Google GMail break-in in January that lead to the long Google-China standoff.

Related posts on Google-China:

  • How Google Could Have Bought Baidu And Other Fascinating Details About China’s Largest Search Engine
  • Google Resumes China Talks Despite Evidence Of Govt-Hacking Connection
  • Google Looks To Shutter China Search Operation As Talks With Government Reach “An Impasse”Google No Longer Redirecting Google China To Google Hong Kong
  • After The Hack, Should I Still Trust Google & The Cloud With My Data?
  • Google Just Says No To China: Ending Censorship, Due To Gmail Attack



Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land. Staff authors are listed here.



About The Author

Greg Sterling
Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land, a member of the programming team for SMX events and the VP, Market Insights at Uberall.

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