Are unofficial sites outranking official websites in English a common problem in China?

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When googling for baiyun airport, a website calling itself "Guangzhou Airport Online" was the first hit, whereas the English-language version of the official website was ranked fifth, after two pages from the unofficial website, the Wikipedia article, plus an airport hotel for that airport.

I can't recall such a scam happening when searching for Japan-related info, or for Taiwan.

Is this a common scam for China-related info?






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