Top US University Backs Down on Taiwan Naming on Virus Map After Protest

Statistics are shown on a screen during a briefing on the developments of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, from medical and research staff from Johns Hopkins University on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2020. Johns Hopkins has been on the forefront of researching the coronavirus and developed the outbreak map dashboard that is being used by officials worldwide to track the virus. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

TAIPEI—A top U.S. university, Johns Hopkins, has backed down on how it refers to Taiwan on a map detailing the spread of the new coronavirus after the island’s government protested at the institution’s inclusion of the island as part of China.

The Chinese regime has been exerting pressure on foreign companies and organizations to identify Chinese-claimed Taiwan as part of China, and often to name it as a Chinese province.