Airlines
White House Blasts China for Taiwan Demands of Airlines
People’s Republic retort calls for respect of its sovereignty

The White House has condemned the Chinese government for its April 25 letter to 36 foreign airlines demanding that they change their websites and promotional materials to omit references to Taiwan as a sovereign country. China continues to claim Taiwan belongs to mainland China under its “One China” policy, an assertion Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China, rejects. Nevertheless, the Trump administration has called the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority’s effort to require airlines to do the same a case of “political correctness” and “Orwellian nonsense.”