International airlines are at risk of facing restrictions or being denied operating permits in China if they refuse to stop listing Taiwan as a separate island from China, according to letters sent to 36 airline carriers by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (United Airlines). In a letter to CAAC, the United Airlines gave the US airline 30 days to respond or risk being viewed as having engaged in "serious discreditable conduct". CAAC passed the letter to the White House, which dismissed China's demands as "Orwellian nonsense" and told China to "stop threatening and coercing American carriers".
International airlines are at risk of facing restrictions or being denied operating permits in China if they refuse to stop listing Taiwan as a separate island from China, according to letters sent to 36 airline carriers by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). In a letter to United Airlines, the CAAC gave the US airline 30 days to respond or risk being viewed as having engaged in "serious discreditable conduct". United Airlines passed the letter to the White House, which dismissed China's demands as "Orwellian nonsense" and told China to "stop threatening and coercing American carriers".