Google corrects map reference for Taiwan
Following protests from legislators and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) over the Google Maps service’s reference to Taiwan as a part of China, the Internet search engine over the weekend removed the words “a province of China” from its map of Taiwan.
The description of Taiwan as a “province of China” used on Google’s map service incurred criticism, with the TSU legislative caucus earlier last week launching a letter campaign and MOFA instructing its US representative office to ask Google for a correction. As Google originally refused to make the correction on the grounds that the description was consistent with international naming conventions, such as those followed by the UN, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen last Thursday said the ministry would continue to protest to Google until the mistake was corrected.
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