Lawmakers Call on Hotel Giants to Stop Using ‘Taiwan, China’ Label

The label ‘implies that Taiwan is the property of’ China, the lawmakers say.

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) presides over a hearing in Washington on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Two Republican lawmakers are urging Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt to drop their use of the phrase “Taiwan, China” to refer to Taiwan on their websites and promotional materials, questioning whether this wording was influenced or requested by Beijing.

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to the CEOs of the three hotel chains on May 21, explaining that the current term is an “implicit reference to Taiwan being a part of China.”