Qantas admitted to mistakenly listing China`s territory, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on the 15th of this month. At present, Qantas is revising the relevant data.
Recently, it was found on Qantas`s official website that on the Qantas passenger registration page, Hong Kong and Taiwan are listed separately in the options bar, "country of residence and region." In other words, these two places are regarded as one country!
Chinese netizens burst the pot in an instant, and for a while they talked about it on the Internet. However, Qantas soon realized its mistake and began to fix it.
A Qantas spokesman admitted: "We are correcting the mistake of mistakenly listing China`s territory in some parts of our website as a result of an oversight."
A number of multinationals have been found to have such problems on the official website or on APP, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
These well-known international brands in China have a large consumer group, but they make money, while ignoring the feelings of the Chinese do things that make consumers sad.
Cartier`s official Chinese website shows-country, but English website only-country. All of a sudden, these two-faced people have to say that Marriott has done a good job of being a prolific bird in front of the public.
Marriott is the winner of the 2018 Best Anti-Independence Award.
A few days ago, Marriott Hotels Group treated Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Tiibet as "countries" in emails sent to Chinese members, leaving a bomb in the hearts of all Chinese members.
Immediately someone po online, netizens reflect very intense, not only attracted a number of netizens to its boycott, but also filed investigation. However, things are not over, the Global Times has another hammer at noon that day, Marriott likes some accounts on social media!
The first response was made on social media and the likes were cancelled.
Marriott respects China`s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We will never support any separatist organization that harms China`s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We apologise deeply for any act that may lead to a misunderstanding of the above position. Follow-up reports also say that employees who give likes have been fired.
"Marriott" continues to ferment online, following Marriott, Delta Airlines, zara, Medtronic international companies have been exposed to misstatement.
In order not to be the next Marriott, several companies have issued letters of apology.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Some netizens found that in the top right-hand corner of Delta`s Chinese website-opinions or complaints options-"choose a country" appears in the column with "China" side by side with "Tiibet", as well as "TW". However, the menu bar does not show the words "country or region", only "country".
In addition, on Delta`s English web page, in the select country column, Tiibet,HongKong,Macau,TW is all listed and appears side by side with China as a country.
In response to this approach, the Civil Aviation Authority first interviewed Delta`s head and ordered it to rectify it immediately. On the afternoon of January 13, Delta`s official website issued a publicly apologetic letter regarding the listing of Tiibet, TW as a "country."
The letter said that China is one of Delta`s most important markets and that the company is committed to serving the Chinese market and its customers. At the same time, the company is also thorough in-house process, and will take the necessary action to avoid future errors.
Medtronic
Medtronic also posted an apology on social media on the evening of the 12th. The outline is as follows:
With regard to page setup on Medtronic`s website, Medtronic fully understands China`s goverment position on territorial issues and apologises for causing public misunderstanding. We have updated it.
We will be more considerate in the future to consider the site user experience in different regions. Medtronic has been operating in China since year 1989, and we will continue to adhere strictly to China`s laws and regulations and work for the stability and prosperity of this market and the growth of the healthcare industry.
ZARA
Almost at the same time, ZARA also appeared on the official website to apologize.
Can only say, these enterprises do not want to be "the next Korea Rakuten"! In recent years, whenever there is any suggestion that Tiibet or TW is a state claim, China will respond quickly and violently; TW is the province, and the Tiibet is the autonomous region, which should not be lost.
In 2016, China forced Rakuten (Lotte), a South Korean supermarket chain, to close more than 80 of its stores in China because the company provided land for South Korea to install the US anti-missile defense system.
In 2012, for protest`s nationalisation of Diaoyu Islands proposed by Japan in the first half of 2012, the Chinese asked demonstration parade, to throw eggs and plastic bottles at the Japanese embassy during the parade campaign, while the police stood idly by.
Hundreds of Chinese protesters called on Carrefour., a French retailer at boycott, to disrupt the Olympic torch relay in Paris in 2008.
One by one, it has taught more foreign companies coming to China for gold to understand the fact that when they come to China to make money, they must abide by Chinese laws and regulations, especially when it comes to the sovereignty of the country, which is even more the bottom line of China, and wants to flatter the public and violate the negative. The next thing is to pick up a stone and hit it in the foot!
So, those who try to hurt the feelings of our people, those trying to split up our enterprises, waiting for you to apologize!
