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In chronological order.
My comment:
(a) Foreign Policy online (as opposed to the magazine, of the same ownership) is the first to report china's letter to airlines based in US.
(b) From news reports I learned of the White House statement yesterday, but could not find it (complete statement) in www.whitehouse.gov -- or elsewhere. Today I find it.
(1) James Palmer, Bethany Allen Ebrahimian, China Threatens US Airlines over Taiwan References; Beijing is pressuring companies around the world to follow the party line on Taiwan sovereignty — or else. Foreign Policy, Apr 27, 2018 ("Exclusive").
www.foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/27 ... can-flight-beijing/
("In late March, the Man Booker International Prize changed the nationality of Wu Ming-yi, a 2018 longlist [as opposed to short list] awardee hailing from Taiwan, to 'Taiwan, China' under pressure from the Chinese Embassy in London. After an international outcry, the organization changed Wu's affiliation back to 'Taiwan' but described it as a 'country/territory' rather than a nationality")
Note:
(a) State, Country, and Nation. Infoplease, undated.
https://www.infoplease.com/world ... -country-and-nation
(b)
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog128/node/534
(c) nation state
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_state
(or nation-state; may be contrasted with a multinational state, city-state, an empire, a confederation (such as European Union) and a federated state(
(2) Statement from the Press Secretary on China's Political Correctness. White House. May 5, 2018.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/brief ... itical-correctness/
follow-up:
(a) Josh Rogin, White House Calls China's Threats to Airlines 'Orwellian Nonsense.' Washington Post, May 5, 2018.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/n ... _term=.c7116131f8e3
Quote:
(i) " * * * Now, the Chinese government is threatening to impose a version of its 'social credit score' system on international airlines, with steep punishments unless they acquiesce to Beijing's political demands. The Trump administration has decided to tell China that that is not going to fly.
(ii) "On April 25, the Chinese government sent dozens of international airlines a written threat of severe punishments if they don't change their websites to declare that Taiwan is part of China, among other things. I have obtained a copy of the letter. * * *
(iii) "The letter from China’s Civil Aviation Administration says that on Feb 27, the Chinese government asked each airline to investigate its websites and remove any references to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau that 'mistakenly describe them as countries or anything otherwise inconsistent with Chinese law.'
"The version of the letter I obtained was addressed to United Airlines and said the Chinese government found 'there still exists violations of Chinese laws and contradictions to the one China policy of your government.' The Chinese government demanded United change its website so that 'Taiwan shall be called "Chinese Taiwan" or "Taiwan: province/region of China." '
"If United doesn't comply by May 25, the Chinese government will invoke 'Civil Aviation Industry Credit Management Trial Measures' and 'make a record of your company's serious dishonesty and take disciplinary actions against your company,' the letter states. The Civil Aviation Administration will also 'transfer your company's violation of Chinese laws to the National Cyber Information Office and other law enforcement agencies to take administrative penalties according to law.”
"That reference to 'Civil Industry Credit Management' is citing a trial regulation on credit scoring in the aviation industry, and the letter claims United's labeling of Taiwan is equal to 'serious dishonesty' under that regulation, said Samantha Hoffman, visiting fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies.
" 'China's domestic law, in this case on civil aviation credit and cybersecurity, allow China to extend something like "social credit" beyond its own borders,' she said.
(b) David Shepardson, US Condemns China for 'Orwellian Nonsense' over Airline Websites. Reuters, May 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/ ... sites-idUSKBN1I60NL
("Amid an escalating fight over China’s trade surplus with the United States, the White House said China’s Civil Aviation Administration sent a letter to 36 foreign air carriers, including a number of US carriers, demanding changes. The carriers were told to remove references on their websites or in other material that suggests Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are part of countries independent from China, US and airline officials said")
Note: There is no need to read the rest of the Reuters report, which did not see or read the China letter, but restated what US and airlines official said.
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发表于 5-7-2018 12:06:19
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