Illegally-named road sparks debate after map applications 'approve' it

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Installing a road sign with one’s own name seems like a fun, harmless thing to do, but a fresh graduate might have to dismantle a street sign in Beijing he set up in jest three years ago.

The graduate’s name, Ge Yulu, can be taken to mean Geyu Road (Lu means "road" in Chinese), and that was on the sign he put up on along a small stretch of road.

His work had only recently gone viral on social media since Monday.

User @Reenee on Zhihu, a Chinese Q&A website similar to Quora, mentioned the road to illustrate how ordinary people can name roads after their own names in the country’s capital.

The user also said the road name showed up in navigation software programs like Baidu, Google and AutoNavi.

(CGTN)