Beijing Communists Fine 7-Eleven Thousands of Dollars for Calling Taiwan a Country

The municipal government of Beijing slapped the 7-Eleven convenience store chain with an ominous warning and roughly $23,500 in fines for violating Chinese Communist Party speech codes, including such “errors” as the “wrongful act of assigning Taiwan province as an independent country” and using Japanese names for disputed islands claimed by China. The fines were assessed in December but not made public until a report by Nikkei Asia on Friday. -- More...