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NASA has upset China by referring to Taiwan as a country, the latest in a string of quarrels the Asian nation has waded into over wording it deems politically sensitive.
The U.S. space agency has hurt the feelings of the Asian country’s 1.4 billion people with the reference on its website, said Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Beijing office that handles matters related to the democratically ruled island.
The space agency needs to “correct its mistake as soon as possible,” Zhu said at a regular press briefing Wednesday in Beijing. A commentary published by People.cn on Monday described the incident as “unforgivable.” The website is run by the People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece.
NASA lets net users sign up to send their name to Mars on a future flight. Taiwan appears as an option on a “country” drop-down box. It’s unclear how long Taiwan has been called a country on the website, but more than 18 million people have registered.
An emailed request for comment sent to NASA outside regular business hours was not immediately answered.
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The U.S. space agency has hurt the feelings of the Asian country’s 1.4 billion people with the reference on its website, said Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Beijing office that handles matters related to the democratically ruled island.
The space agency needs to “correct its mistake as soon as possible,” Zhu said at a regular press briefing Wednesday in Beijing. A commentary published by People.cn on Monday described the incident as “unforgivable.” The website is run by the People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece.
NASA lets net users sign up to send their name to Mars on a future flight. Taiwan appears as an option on a “country” drop-down box. It’s unclear how long Taiwan has been called a country on the website, but more than 18 million people have registered.
An emailed request for comment sent to NASA outside regular business hours was not immediately answered.
NASA Is the Latest to Offend China by Calling Taiwan a Country
NASA has upset China by referring to Taiwan as a country, the latest in a string of quarrels the Asian nation has waded into over wording it deems politically sensitive.
www.bloomberg.com
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