Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/19
By: Hu Yu-li and Kuan-lin Liu

Image courtesy of Taiwanese-Canadian Association

Toronto, May 18 (CNA) Douglas Chiang (江文基), president of the Taiwanese-Canadian Association (TCA) has called for a complete boycott of Air Canada, which recently chose to change its designation of Taiwan to “Taiwan, China” on its website.

In an interview with CNA on Friday, Chiang said the TCA has asked members of all Taiwanese associations around the world and their families and friends to boycott the services of the Canadian flag carrier.

The name change, which took place on Monday, came in response to a letter sent by China’s Civil Aviation Administration in late April that pressured 36 American and international airlines to remove references to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as countries on their websites and in their marketing materials.

Beijing gave recipients of the letters 30 days to comply or risk facing penalties.
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