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Several airlines hold off listing Taiwan as part of China

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Last Updated : May 25 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

Several international airlines still listed Taiwan as a separate country on their websites today despite a deadline set by Beijing for carriers to refer to the self-governed island as a Chinese territory.

Chinese Civil Aviation Administration sent a notice to 36 foreign airlines last month, asking them to comply with Beijing's standards of referring to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as Chinese territories, in a move described by the White House as "Orwellian nonsense."

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First Published: May 25 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

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