Apple screw-up a diplomatic coup
- Published: 22 Sep 2012 at 12.48
- Online news: Asia
Apple's new iPhone 5 may have been criticised for its glitch-ridden new maps, but it may have inadvertently provided a diplomatic solution to China and Japan's ongoing row over disputed islands.
The Apple map application on an iPhone 5 shows two sets of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan and claimed by Beijing under the name Diaoyu.
But amid a row over an outcrop of islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, Apple's new iO6 operating system has provided a resolution of sorts.
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