China fines Seven-Eleven for 'calling Taiwan an independent country'


by

Mike Mozart

It has been revealed that the Beijing Municipal Government of China has fined a local subsidiary of Seven-Eleven for 150,000 yuan (about 2.7 million yen) for treating Taiwan as an 'independent country'.

Beijing fines 7-Eleven for calling Taiwan a country | Taiwan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/beijing-fines-7-eleven-for-calling-taiwan-a-country



Taiwan an inalienable part of China: FM responds to 7-Eleven using incomplete Chinese map --Global Times

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202201/1245367.shtml

The Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission told the local subsidiary of Seven-Eleven that 'Taiwan was treated as an independent country' and 'The Senkaku Islands were not described as Uotsuri Island' on the map displayed on the website. On December 21, 2021, a fine of 150,000 yuan was imposed for reasons such as 'incorrect display of the borders of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet.'


by Alastair Dunning

'Taiwan is part of China's territory, and we want to reiterate that one China principle is a globally recognized norm in the international community,' said Wang Wenbin, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. rice field.

China is pursuing companies that make different notations on their territory, and in 2018, a T-shirt designed by clothing brand Gap said, 'There is no Taiwan even though a map of China is shown. Internet users criticized as ', to the situation in which the Gap is to apologize has led . Cosmetics retailer MAC Cosmetics was also criticized for including a map omitting Taiwan in advertising emails.



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