China steps up policing of MNCs over sovereignty, territorial integrity

Summoned Marriott International's executives in China, after the company's Chinese-language website listed Tibet and Taiwan under 'nation'

China is stepping up its policing of international companies such as Inditex-owned Zara and Delta Air Lines and demanding they respect the government’s position on long-standing territorial disputes from Taiwan to Tibet.

The Cyber Administration Office in Shanghai on Friday said Zara listed Taiwan, an island that China claims as its own, as a separate country on its website. On the same day, China’s Civil Aviation Administration summoned executives of Delta as the carrier on its website listed Taiwan and Tibet, located in western China, as nations. The companies were asked to change the “illegal” contents.

China, emboldened by its growing economic