China shuts Marriott website over Tibet error, scolds other firms
A Marriott questionnaire in Mandarin triggered an uproar on Chinese social media (AFP Photo/-)/ Shanghai (AFP) - Authorities in China have shut down Marriott's local website for a week and scolded Delta, Zara and a US medical firm Friday for listing Tibet, Taiwan and Hong Kong as separate countries. Alongside Marriott, the Spanish clothing giant Zara, Delta Air Lines and Medtronic -- a medical device company -- were all called out by Chinese authorities for "illegal" classification of regions that Beijing claims under its authority. ...
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