Beijing fines 7-Eleven for calling Taiwan a country

Company fined 50,000 yuan for errors' including failing to use China's names for disputed South China Sea islands

Beijing has fined and issued a warning to 7-Eleven over its website listing Taiwan as a country and displaying maps it said contained erroneous borders for Xinjiang and Tibet.

The Beijing municipal government fined the company 50,000 yuan ($7,842) for the errors" including wrongful act of assigning Taiwan province as an independent country".