China is pressuring international airlines to copy its political views

China is pressuring airlines around the world to toe its political line. Qantas and American Airlines have confirmed they recently received a letter from China's CAA warning them to follow China's laws and change references to Taiwan as a country to a province of China. Taiwan's political situation is highly contentious as the democratic island is self-ruled, but Beijing considers it to be a province of China. The letter, according to Foreign Policy, was also received by United Airlines and said the companies would be referred to "the relevant cyber-security authorities" if they did not undertake the change. Earlier this year, the CAA demanded Delta Air Lines issue a public apology for listing Taiwan and Tibet as countries on its website. The airline responded and said it had made a "grave mistake". <br/>