Lunar New Year does not belong exclusively to China, and the international community and English-speaking countries have commonly used the term “Lunar New Year” instead of “Chinese New Year” (Chinese New Year, Chinese Spring Festival). (Chinese New Year). However, a previous search for “Lunar New Year” on Google still automatically gave priority to “Chinese New Year”, which led to dissatisfaction among South Korean civil society groups and demands for Google to change the term. Google has responded to the request and will no longer provide information about Chinese New Year at the top when searching for “Lunar New Year” in English.
According to Korean media reports, since 2012, when searching for “Lunar New Year” through Google, not only is it automatically displayed as “Chinese New Year”, but it also provides information about Chinese New Year at the top of the page and in the message box on the right. The Chinese New Year information is provided at the top of the page and in the message box on the right.
VANK (Friends of Korea), a civil society group known as the “Internet Diplomatic Mission” in Korea, has noticed the above phenomenon since February 2019, and has been sending emails to Google for the past two years to protest and request Google to change the relevant information. VANK has finally received a response from Google.
VANK emphasized that besides China, there are other Asian countries such as Korea, Vietnam, and even the United States, Canada and Australia are also celebrating Lunar New Year. Therefore, it is unreasonable to directly classify “Lunar New Year” as “Chinese New Year”, and Google’s practice is not only disrespectful to the traditional Culture of other countries, but also not conducive to maintaining world peace. Google’s practice does not respect the traditional culture of other countries and is not conducive to maintaining world peace.
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