The U.S. clothing retailer Gap apologized Tuesday for selling T-shirts with a map of China that didn't include self-ruled Taiwan, the latest example of corporate kowtowing to Beijing. The company took action after photos began circulating on Chinese social media of a T-shirt showing a map that didn't include Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing regards as Chinese territory. Gap is the latest of several companies that have apologized for perceived slights to China's sovereignty. ———AP researcher Liu Zheng in Beijing and videojournalist Johnson Lai in Taipei, Taiwan, contributed to this report. ———This version corrects typo in the first quote to say that it failed to reflect the correct map, rather than incorrect map.

Source: ABC News May 15, 2018 10:00 UTC