title: Google Maps supported in China
body: <p>Some old documentation lists Google Maps being supported in China but hitting the end points in recent days it appears to no longer be working...</p>
  
  <p>For example hitting the endpoint - <a href="http://maps.google.cn/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=39.934574,116.342378" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://maps.google.cn/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=39.934574,116.342378</a></p>
  
  <p>Mentions an API key needs to be provided, but when it is the site crashes out with a network traffic attack style message.</p>
  
  <p>Is it just that Google Maps isn't supported in China anymore or the service is down? It would be great for this to be mentioned/listed somewhere on the google support docs as I wasn't able to find anything useful describing its operation.</p>