If you want a non-Chinese map app that works in China, I'd suggest some app based on the Open Street Map data. There are many, as far as I know. The one I use is from mapy.cz. It does not have the same level of coverage for businesses as Google Maps or Baidu Maps do, and the quality of data in some areas is spotty, but OTOH it has a pretty good ...

Map data in China must use the official GCJ-02 coordinate system with an intentional obfuscation offset. The offset is random (~50m - 500m in any direction) and the algorithm to correct for it is based on your location. Companies and apps (like baidu, wechat, ofo, etc) are or use licensed information to correct the offset.

China, the Middle Kingdom, probably the oldest nation on Earth, and now the most radioactive one. In 2066, the Chinese launched an invasion of Alaska to claim the last pockets of oil on Earth. Despite its initial success, the War against the US dragged on, and the invasion got repealed after a 10-year long campaign.

I remember playing Nationalist China with CCIP in Hoi2. After you win the war against Japan and unify China, you can become imperialistic yourself and create a massive Indochina puppet (Siam, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and going all the way down …

If you use Apple Maps in China, all the map data you see is licensed under this same company (AutoNavi/Gaode). I believe it’s the most comprehensive English map in China. However, the map is geo-locked, and it will only be displayed when you are physically in China. China’s equivalent of Google Maps, Amap (Gaode) …

Nationalist China irl was actually weaker and more fragmented than the game depicts. The nationalist central government didn't even control the provinces in northern China next to the Manchukuo border (Hebei, Shandong), or the interior regions they fled …

2023年2月28日 · A community for current and potential expats, students, and any foreigners living in the People's Republic of China. Ask questions and find advice about shopping, getting around, paying bills, choosing services, housing, technology, and adjusting to a new lifestyle in one of the most fascinating countries on Earth.

2020年7月8日 · The representation of China in the game is of course unrealistic, most of all because the scale of China doesn't work with their combat system. The game works for mechanized front lines on the European steppe, but sadly the Chinese and Japanese still marched in columns and fought most siege battles.

2023年5月2日 · A community for current and potential expats, students, and any foreigners living in the People's Republic of China. Ask questions and find advice about shopping, getting around, paying bills, choosing services, housing, technology, and adjusting to a new lifestyle in one of the most fascinating countries on Earth.

2023年4月17日 · I think the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions may be more angry, because in fact in this world, the Hakka people turned themselves into nobles and fought in the deadliest civil war in China Turned Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions into hell (until now, Jiangsu and Zhejiang people in OTL are dissatisfied with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)