China says unidentified foreign company conducted illegal mapping services
Voice of America
FILE - Visitors stand near the booth promoting the mapping service of Baidu's Apollo Map during the Shanghai Auto Show, Apr. 19, 2021. China says a foreign company had been found to have illegally conducted geographic mapping activities in the country.
China's state security ministry said that a foreign company had been found to have illegally conducted geographic mapping activities in the country under the guise of autonomous driving research and outsourcing to a licensed Chinese mapping firm.
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