Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/12
By: Tai Ya-chen and Joseph Yeh

Mark Field, minister of state for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom (Image taken from Field’s Facebook page)
London, July 11 (CNA) The British government will continue its long-standing policy in referring to Taiwan as simply “Taiwan” and U.K. companies should not be placed under political pressure by Beijing to make changes on its designation of Taiwan, a U.K. foreign affairs official said Tuesday.

Asked by members of Parliament Andrea Jenkyns and Bob Blackman about China’s pressuring of British Airways and other airlines to list Taiwan as part of China on their websites, Mark Field, minister of state for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said that the U.K. government’s long-standing policy on Taiwan has not changed.

“The government refers to Taiwan as simply ‘Taiwan’ and, when included in a list of places, does so under an inclusive heading, such as ‘country/territory’ or ‘world locations,'” Field said in a statement.

He also made clear the U.K.’s stance on Beijing’s move, stressing that private companies and organizations should be able to decide the terminology that they use to list destinations.    [FULL  STORY]