AFAICT it is not "distorting SIZES". It is at which zoom level an area or island becomes visible. > It displays how messed up China is more than anything else.

AFAICT it is not "distorting SIZES". It is at which zoom level an area or island becomes visible. > It displays how messed up China is more than anything else. Eh, the USSR was made bigger on maps for decades because of US "4-year-old level lies". This is not even in the same ballpark.