40 International Airlines Change Websites to Comply With China’s Tightening Grip on Taiwan

40 International Airlines Change Websites to Comply With China’s Tightening Grip on Taiwan
A Delta Airlines Airbus A350 aircraft waits to take off at Beijing airport on July 25, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
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Some airlines have changed the way they refer to Taiwan, due to a request that amounts to a threat from China’s communist regime.

The regime sent a notice to airlines doing business in the country, including U.S. operators like Delta and American Airlines, to update websites and materials in the way they reference Taiwan. Chinese authorities now require them to make sure listings of Taiwan do not indicate it as a separate entity from China.

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