Beijing fines 7-Eleven for calling Taiwan a country
by Helen Davidson from on (#5TRFP)
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".
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