Welcome to the Eric Erickson Show podcast, Our Three.

Hello, America. Welcome. Happy Reformation Day. Happy Halloween. Across America. I hope you guys have some blue skies where you are because it has just gotten

dreary outside. We got a cold front about to move through. It's going to be in the 30s here

in a day. So it'll be cool night for Halloween, which is great. I got heaters on my front porch,

but I'm ready for the cool weather. I'm going to

sneak out and play golf Thursday afternoon. Then we got to go to Louisiana. It's going to be cold

there too. I want to spend a moment on China and TikTok. There's a story actually. Listener Matthew just sent me this.

Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn't appear on leading online digital maps from Beiru and Alibaba,

an ambiguity that matches Beijing's vague diplomacy in the region and contrasts with its

attentiveness to maps generally. Beidu's Chinese language online maps demarcate the internationally

recognized borders of Israel, as well as the Palestinian territories, plus key cities, but don't

clearly identify the country by name.

The same is true with online maps produced by Alibaba's Amap,

where even small nations like Luxembourg are clearly marked.

Neither company responded to questions on Monday.

It's unclear whether the development is new,

though it has been discussed by Chinese internet users since war broke out.

China's government has over the years cried foul and levied fines over maps published elsewhere online,

such as on hotel websites for failing to strictly adhere to Beijing's territorial claims,

like leaving off a nine dotted line stretching around the South China Sea that isn't internationally recognized.

The Chinese are our enemies.

The Chinese are not our friends, they're not our rivals. They're not our opponents. They are our enemies.

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