China's Strategy to Unify with Taiwan Sparks Anger

Last year some of the world’s biggest airlines changed their websites, one by one, to label Taiwan as anything but an independent country. When passengers opened country-specific pages or menus, they often found the Western Pacific island linked instead to China. Each change angered the Taiwanese, who have enjoyed de facto autonomy since the 1940s even though China says the island belongs under its flag. Now China is pressuring 66 multinational companies to do the same. Each change,...

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