Bing incorrectly identifies Tokyo IPv6 address as located in China

Question

I've encountered an issue with Bing's geolocation service. I'm using a VPS from GreenCloud, located in their Tokyo datacenter. The ISP is XTOM-JAPAN (xTom Japan). When I test the connection using curl -I https://bing.com from its IPv6 address, Bing unexpectedly sets my location to China.

Details:

VPS Provider: GreenCloud

Datacenter Location: Tokyo, Japan

ISP: XTOM-JAPAN (xTom Japan)

Protocol: IPv6

Expected Location: Japan

Here are the results of nslookup commands:

root@GreenCloud:~# nslookup bing.com
Server:         8.8.8.8
Address:        8.8.8.8#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   bing.com
Address: 13.107.21.200
Name:   bing.com
Address: 204.79.197.200
Name:   bing.com
Address: 2620:1ec:c11::200

And here's the curl log:

root@GreenCloud:~# curl -I -4 https://bing.com

HTTP/2 301 

cache-control: private

content-length: 193

content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8

location: https://www.bing.com:443/?toWww=1&redig=F5BF478AE23048D0926D12CC48D8D4E4

set-cookie: MUID=23F840D48B236868319655CA8A7E69D7; domain=bing.com; expires=Fri, 14-Nov-2025 14:36:45 GMT; path=/; secure; SameSite=None

set-cookie: MUIDB=23F840D48B236868319655CA8A7E69D7; expires=Fri, 14-Nov-2025 14:36:45 GMT; path=/; HttpOnly

set-cookie: _EDGE_S=F=1&SID=0825B090BD5165E012F7A58EBC0C64DE; domain=bing.com; path=/; HttpOnly

set-cookie: _EDGE_V=1; domain=bing.com; expires=Fri, 14-Nov-2025 14:36:45 GMT; path=/; HttpOnly

x-eventid: 6715157df6d2442bbc24d7b784e4d6ec

useragentreductionoptout: A7kgTC5xdZ2WIVGZEfb1hUoNuvjzOZX3VIV/BA6C18kQOOF50Q0D3oWoAm49k3BQImkujKILc7JmPysWk3CSjwUAAACMeyJvcmlnaW4iOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5iaW5nLmNvbTo0NDMiLCJmZWF0dXJlIjoiU2VuZEZ1bGxVc2VyQWdlbnRBZnRlclJlZHVjdGlvbiIsImV4cGlyeSI6MTY4NDg4NjM5OSwiaXNTdWJkb21haW4iOnRydWUsImlzVGhpcmRQYXJ0eSI6dHJ1ZX0=

strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload

content-security-policy: script-src https: 'strict-dynamic' 'report-sample' 'wasm-unsafe-eval' 'nonce-AmU62xE9qaUTuMZWf90UpVqlgq8Gi5nQj8NoIDpUKg8='; base-uri 'self';

x-cache: CONFIG_NOCACHE

accept-ch: Sec-CH-UA-Arch, Sec-CH-UA-Bitness, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List, Sec-CH-UA-Mobile, Sec-CH-UA-Model, Sec-CH-UA-Platform, Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version

x-msedge-ref: Ref A: 6DA28DECECC54ADF9B9BCBF8D232483C Ref B: TYBEDGE0919 Ref C: 2024-10-20T14:36:45Z

date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:36:45 GMT

root@GreenCloud:~# curl -I -6 https://bing.com

HTTP/2 301 

content-length: 0

location: https://cn.bing.com/

accept-ch: Sec-CH-UA-Arch, Sec-CH-UA-Bitness, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List, Sec-CH-UA-Mobile, Sec-CH-UA-Model, Sec-CH-UA-Platform, Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version

x-msedge-ref: Ref A: 07AD56E9180741008DE51EDAB5A0B434 Ref B: HKBEDGE0619 Ref C: 2024-10-20T14:36:22Z

date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:36:22 GMT 

Answer 1

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