American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines stopped listing Taipei as a city located in Taiwan on their websites, in response to Beijing’s efforts to prevent carriers from referencing Taiwan as an autonomous nation. American had listed Taipei’s airport as the traveler destination, while Delta listed the city name and its country code instead, stopping short of naming Taipei has being part of mainland China. An April 2019 letter sent by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to foreign airlines called for website changes if Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan were categorized as countries. The letter cited a series of penalties to be implemented if the carriers did not make the desired changes, and several airlines including British Airways, Lufthansa, and Qantas, chose to comply. After the letter’s release, the White House described the demands as “Orwellian nonsense”. According to the New York Times, China is on course to becoming the largest global aviation market, with American companies vying to gain footholds. American, Delta, and United all own stakes in Chinese-based carriers.