萬豪中文網站被要求關閉一周

China’s internet regulator has accused hotel group Marriott International of breaking Chinese law and ordered it to close its Chinese website and online booking applications for a week after the company listed Taiwan as a country in some online forms.

中國互聯網監(jiān)管機構譴責萬豪國際(Marriott International)違反了中國法律，并責令其將中文網站和在線預訂應用關閉一周，此前該公司在一些在線表格中將臺灣列為國家。

The Shanghai office of China’s cyberspace administration, the internet regulator, said in an online post on Thursday that Marriott’s listing of Taiwan as a country had “seriously violated national laws and hurt the feelings of the Chinese people”.

上海市網信辦周四在網上發(fā)帖表示，萬豪把臺灣列為國家的行為“嚴重違反國家有關法律法規(guī)，傷害中國人民感情”。

Marriott, which operates more than 120 hotels in China, said that it “respects the integrity of Chinese territory” in a post on Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter.

在中國經營逾120家酒店的萬豪在新浪微博(Weibo)發(fā)帖表示，其“尊重中國主權和領土完整”。

It added: “We do not support any separatist organisation that damages China’s sovereignty or territorial integrity. We sincerely apologise for any actions which might have created misunderstandings about that position”.

萬豪還表示：“我們絕不支持任何損害中國主權和領土完整的任何分裂組織。我們對任何可能引起對以上立場誤解的行為深刻道歉。”

Marriott’s Chinese booking app listed Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan as possible choices for a guest’s country of origin, according to Chinese state media, which reported that the same options had been presented in an online questionnaire that the company sent by email, with the addition of Tibet as an option.

據中國官方媒體報道，萬豪中國預訂應用將香港、澳門和臺灣列為客源國的可能選項。報道稱，相同的選項也出現在萬豪通過郵件發(fā)出的一份在線問卷中，問卷還將西藏列為一個選項。

Beijing considers Taiwan an inherent part of its territory, and often reacts angrily to suggestions that the self-ruling island is an independent state. The former colonies of Hong Kong and Macau are Beijing-ruled since the 1990s but retain some autonomy from the mainland.

北京認為臺灣是其領土的固有部分，且經常對有關這座自治島嶼是獨立國家的說法作出憤怒反應。前殖民地香港和澳門自上世紀90年代以來由北京統(tǒng)治，但保留了一些自治權。

Marriott’s Chinese website was not accessible on Thursday evening. The American hotel giant has plans to open dozens more locations in China and last year formed a joint venture with Alibaba Group Holding to sell online travel bookings.

萬豪的中文網站從周四晚上起無法訪問。這家美國酒店巨頭計劃在中國開設幾十家新酒店，去年還與阿里巴巴集團控股(Alibaba Group Holding)成立了一家合資企業(yè)，在線銷售旅行預訂。

China’s tourism regulator said in an online post on Thursday that it had asked all other hotel operators to check their websites to ensure that “similar incidents” would not occur.

中國旅游業(yè)監(jiān)管機構周四在網上發(fā)帖表示，已要求其他所有酒店經營者檢查他們的網站，以確保“類似事件”不會發(fā)生。