Google draws borders differently if you're opening Google Maps from different countries (e.g. India and Pakistan), it used to only offer bitmaps (instead of vec

Google draws borders differently if you're opening Google Maps from different countries (e.g. India and Pakistan), it used to only offer bitmaps (instead of vector graphics) of S. Korea to comply with the law there, the satellite images of China are still offset compared to the real world to also comply with the laws... So the answer is, they do it to remain compliant with the laws.