Taiwan wants Google Earth to blur its facilities in the South China Sea
 

Taiwan wants Google Earth to blur its facilities in the South China Sea
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**t for the first time, Google Earth has found itself caught up in geopolitics.

The Taiwan Defence Ministry has requested Google blur satellite images that appear to show military installations on Itu Aba, a small island it holds in the South China Sea, Reuters has reported.

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Itu Aba, also k**wn as Taiping Island, is Taiwan's only holding in the hotly-contested region around the Spratly Islands, where the U.S. and other countries have protested China's construction of military infrastructure, including airstrips and artificial islands. Read more...

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