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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 06, 2018, 02:43:24 am

Title: White House slams China's demands to US airlines as 'Orwellian nonsense'
Post by: TomSea on May 06, 2018, 02:43:24 am

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White House slams China's demands to US airlines as 'Orwellian nonsense'

The White House on Saturday slammed the Chinese government for engaging in “Orwellian nonsense” after Chinese officials demanded that U.S. airlines change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

"President Donald J. Trump ran against political correctness in the United States,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. “He will stand up for Americans resisting efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to impose Chinese political correctness on American companies and citizens.”

The White House said that the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration sent a letter to a number of air carriers, including American ones, demanding changes to how the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao are referred to on websites and promotional material.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/05/white-house-slams-chinas-demands-to-us-airlines-as-orwellian-nonsense.html (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/05/white-house-slams-chinas-demands-to-us-airlines-as-orwellian-nonsense.html)

Title: Re: White House slams China's demands to US airlines as 'Orwellian nonsense'
Post by: Sanguine on May 06, 2018, 03:15:50 am

Oh, good.  The 0bama administration would have bent over backwards to accommodate them.