China Fires Back After U.S. Blasts ‘Orwellian’ Rule for Airlines
- Beijing says companies should respect China’s territory
- U.S. to resist China’s ‘censorship and political correctness’
China Fires Back After U.S. Blasts "Orwellian" Rule for Airlines
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China isn’t backing down after the White House called an order for airlines to stop referring to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as countries “Orwellian nonsense.”
The foreign ministry in Beijing said Monday that all three places “are indivisible parts of China.” Hong Kong and Macau answer to Beijing, despite having different currencies, separate financial systems and elected legislators, while Taiwan is a democracy that has resisted rule by the mainland.