SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE: Australian airline Qantas Airways said on Thursday that it has been given more time to clarify how it refers to Chinese territories on its website, as a deadline set by Chinese authorities approaches. “We made adjustments to our websites earlier this year and, along with various other airlines worldwide, have been given additional time to further clarify how we refer to Chinese territories,” a spokeswoman for Qantas said in an email. The Civil Aviation Administration of China declined to provide immediate comment when reached by phone. Self-ruled Taiwan is claimed by Beijing as Chinese territory, and has become one of China’s most sensitive issues and a potential military flashpoint. China has in recent months been upping its policing of how foreign firms describe these territories.

Source: New Strait Times May 24, 2018 04:52 UTC