Both companies started labelling the island nation of Taiwan as part of China last May. According to The World Bank, China is the planet’s second largest economy, with a population of 1.3 billion. All have been accused in the Blue Book of listing places like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau “incorrectly” on their websites. According to a passage written in Chinese, acknowledging Taiwan as independent “violates the international understanding of the One China Principle. Many multinationals might well go along with Beijing’s blackmail in order to continue doing business with China,” Manthorpe said.

Source: thestar February 16, 2019 01:18 UTC