CHINA-TAIWAN: BEIJING MUNICIPALITY FINES 7-ELEVEN STORES IN BEIJING FOR DESCRIBING TAIWAN AS INDEPENDENT COUNTRY AND INCORRECT DEPICTION OF CHINA'S BOUNDARIES
|
Asia Nikkei (January 7) disclosed that the Japanese-owned operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in
Beijing has been fined for describing Taiwan as an independent country and other naming conventions on
its company website. It said the Beijing municipal government in December issued a warning to the company
and imposed a fine of 150,000 yuan ($23,500). The stores in the capital are run by a local unit of SevenEleven Japan, a subsidiary of Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings. The company also failed to use
Chinese names for several South China Sea islands as well as for the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands,
which China claims and calls the Diaoyu, according to the site. The 7-Eleven map was found to have mistakes
in showing China's borders along the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Tibet Autonomous
Region. Seven & i Holdings issued a comment, acknowledging the reprimand by Beijing authorities.
|