Australia’s Qantas Airways said on Tuesday it had amended its website to no longer refer to Taiwan and Hong Kong as countries, rather than Chinese territories, after China issued a warning to foreign airlines last week. “Due to an oversight, some Chinese territories were incorrectly listed as countries on parts of our website. China last week suspended Marriott International’s Chinese website for a week to punish the world’s biggest hotel chain for listing Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as separate countries in a customer questionnaire. A Qantas spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions as to whether the airline expected a similar action by the Chinese authorities. Hong Kong and Macau are former European colonies that are now part of China but run largely autonomously.

Source: Hindustan Times January 16, 2018 05:26 UTC