Hong Kong Free Press
Date: 4 August 2018
By: Hilton Yip
It is no secret that China is not happy with Taiwan’s current president and
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: TaiwanGov.
administration. Ever since Tsai Ing-wen took office in 2016, China has engaged in threats and luring away Taiwanese diplomatic allies to try to isolate Taiwan in the global arena.
Over the last month, China’s efforts to bully Taiwan have intensified to the point they border on absurdity. But the effect of China’s bullying is no laughing matter.
The most notable example of China’s recent bullying of Taiwan was forcing dozens of international airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan on their websites so that the word “Taiwan” is either removed or listed with “China” behind, implying Taiwan is a part of China.
When several American airlines did this at the end of July, they were the last holdouts. Airlines from Europe to India and even Japan had already caved in to Beijing’s orders.
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