People in China are calling attention to the fact that the state of Israel is not present on online maps in China, a concerning development given China's historical obsession with map boundaries.

The country name "Israel" does not appear on online maps on the Chinese search engine Baidu or the Alibaba-backed maps app Amap, though surrounding countries' names are clearly shown.

Internet users in China observed that Chinese tech companies Alibaba and Baidu removed the name Israel from their online maps despite still showing its internationally recognized borders, the ...

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It established formal diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992. China’s official maps, as seen in an online catalogue from its standard maps services system, name both Israel and Palestine ...

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Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn’t appear on leading online digital maps from Baidu and Alibaba, an ambiguity that matches Beijing’s vague ...

A locator map of Israel and the Palestinian territories. AP Photo. Despite a potential agreement, the future governance of Gaza remains uncertain, with Israel firmly opposing any involvement of Hamas.

But Israel would likely be skeptical of China's neutrality as a mediator because of its alignment with Iran and engagement with Hamas, an ally of Iran that attacked Israel in October 2023, and the ...