WASHINGTON �� The White House Saturday released a blistering statement attacking China's government for a recent demand that U.S. and other airlines change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau in promotional materials.
"This is Orwellian nonsense and part of a growing trend by the Chinese Communist Party to impose its political views on American citizens and private companies,'' White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.
U.S. airlines were among several that received letters from China's Civil Aviation Administration calling for strict guidelines for any references to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, according to the White House. The Chinese government considers those entities to be parts of China and objects to references that indicate they are independent.
