> Tho reading some other comments, it seems it's not so hard to undo this...maybe this is not really about war or such attitude tho...but then why? https://en.

> Tho reading some other comments, it seems it's not so hard to undo this...maybe this is not really about war or such attitude tho...but then why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China#GCJ-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_dat... > There is a licence fee associated with using this mandatory algorithm in China. Tax dollars? And appeasing the bureaucracy? Also, looking at the citation note, I get the impression that a Mr. Li Chengming probably got closer to his next promotion by putting his name on it. It's really not that big a deal either, if you're an autocracy where controlling all access to accurate information is seen as the natural, normal, default thing to do. "Preparing for war", perhaps you could call it, but as much against their own people. Attributing to intention that which can be adequately explained by dysfunction?