China`s interference will not stop with Qantas. How will open societies respond? | Kevin Carrico
(The Guardian China)

China´s rapid economic growth is changing the way businesses, academics, and politicians around the world talkIn April of 2018, China´s aviation regulator set a deadline for more than 40 airlines around the world to make changes to the contents of their websites. These companies´ supposed mistake: failing to describe the self-ruled democratic island of Taiwan as `part of China.` Never mind that Beijing has never exercised sovereignty over Taiwan: many companies yielded immediately to China´s whims.Others, such as Qantas, did not respond immediately. But on Monday, the 29th anniversary of China´s violent suppression of protests in its capital, news broke that Qantas would also be editing its website to re-label `Taiwan` as `Taiwan, China.` Related: Qantas bows to China`s wishes on naming of Taiwan as a territory Related: Flight Centre website tweaks `were not done under Chinese pressure` Continue reading...