China rebuffs US efforts on behalf of airlines
China has rebuffed a US request for talks about China’s demand for international airlines to start referring to Taiwan as part of China, a spokesman at the US Embassy in Beijing said Thursday. Expressing disappointment that the Chinese side had refused to discuss the matter, the spokesman said the US was calling on China “to stop threatening and coercing American companies and citizens.” The administration was considering how to respond from here, he said. China wrote to airlines in April demanding that they change their websites and other materials—not just in China, but globally—and adopt language approved by Beijing regarding self-ruled Taiwan as well as Hong Kong and Macau, which are special administrative regions of China. Foreign airlines face potential reprisals if they don’t make the changes. <br/>
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China rebuffs US efforts on behalf of airlines
China has rebuffed a US request for talks about China’s demand for international airlines to start referring to Taiwan as part of China, a spokesman at the US Embassy in Beijing said Thursday. Expressing disappointment that the Chinese side had refused to discuss the matter, the spokesman said the US was calling on China “to stop threatening and coercing American companies and citizens.” The administration was considering how to respond from here, he said. China wrote to airlines in April demanding that they change their websites and other materials—not just in China, but globally—and adopt language approved by Beijing regarding self-ruled Taiwan as well as Hong Kong and Macau, which are special administrative regions of China. Foreign airlines face potential reprisals if they don’t make the changes. <br/>
