Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/28
By: Ku Chuan and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, April 28 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday it has urged two U.S. airlines not to give in to pressure from China to change the way Taiwan is listed on their websites.

MOFA spokesman Andrew Lee (李憲章) told members of the press that the ministry has contacted United Airlines and American Airlines and asked them to not belittle Taiwan by caving to China’s threats.

The move was made after American news publication Foreign Policy reported Friday that China’s Civil Aviation Administration had sent letters to the two airlines, asking them to follow “China’s restrictions against ‘separatism.'”

What Beijing meant was that the public content on the websites of the two American carriers must not refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao as countries separate from China, according to the report.    [FULL  STORY]