To be fair, mapping and geo measuring were forbidden in China even before self driving becoming a popular topic. Not only the foreign companies, even a lot of

To be fair, mapping and geo measuring were forbidden in China even before self driving becoming a popular topic. Not only the foreign companies, even a lot of chinese companies are still not allowed to do such measurements. It was rather a military decision than an economic one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_d...