Name: 中國如何秘密改變每個人的地圖（How China Is Secretly Changing Everyone’s Maps）
Uploaded: 2021-06-13T15:36:08.000Z
Duration: 13 min 24 s
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Most countries don't recognize China's territorial claims.

By slowly changing the maps you see around the world.

This episode is sponsored by MOVA Globes.

This is the coolest globe you'll ever own.

But there's one thing that most people buying it won't notice...

It turns out, there's no single, standard map of the world—

Not every country agrees on where the borders are.

And most notably, the People's Republic of China

thinks they own the entire South China Sea.

which is also claimed by the People's Republic of China.

Plus, China's map claims this giant chunk of India's

pretty much no other country's government agrees.

In fact, in 2016, an international tribunal in The Hague

rejected China's claims to the South China Sea.

Except that China rejected the Hague's ruling...

quietly change the rest of the world's maps.

That's why when you look at a map printed in China,

As you can see, this globe has the Nine-Dash Line,

and Taiwan is the same color as mainland China.

So wait...why is China Uncensored sponsored by a company

that prints China's version of the map on its globes?

Shelley, Matt, and I were at a museum in Norway.

And we saw these MOVA Globes in the gift shop.

I thought, “Cool, that's our sponsor!”

On each globe, I could see China's Nine-Dash Line.

because *this* is the globe MOVA had sent us before,

and said they noticed the Nine-Dash Line on their own MOVA globes.

So we emailed MOVA and asked them what was going on.

of Chinese censorship and crippling fines.

MOVA International is an American company based in San Diego.

But their globes use a lot of complicated high-tech parts

They began making globes in China in 2008.

more than 80% of its manufacturing in China.

MOVA makes dozens of designs, including earth globes,

the moon, other planets, even a Van Gogh painting.

MOVA has always focused on the technology of their globes.

So they were never concerned with the politics of maps.

MOVA purchased their map designs from a Chinese vendor,

and then had a local company do the physical printing.

And it turns out, Chinese government regulations

have to have China's official version of the world map.

And since MOVA had its maps printed in China,

it had no choice but to comply with Chinese law.

and especially since the 2016 Hague ruling,

the Chinese government has strengthened its map printing rules.

As my favorite Chinese state-run media The Global Times put it:

The goal is to “make the [Chinese] government's position on territory

because “Problematic maps... will confuse the international community

about China's territory and the government's position,

or even be hyped by those with ulterior motives,

seriously damaging national interests and the government's image.”

And while most normal people would consider this to be... ludicrous...

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