Along with British Airways, Lufthansa first began referring to Taiwan as "Taiwan, China" earlier this year.
While it was reported that British Airways reversed its decision, Lufthansa did not.
As a result, Taiwan's envoy to Germany wrote to Lufthansa and two other German companies, Mercedes-Benz and Bosch, asking them to stop calling Taiwan part of China.
"These companies have apparently come under heavy pressure from Beijing, as China has been flexing its muscle toward Taiwan around the globe," Shieh Jhy-wey, Taiwan's representative to Germany, said. "However, this is something that we cannot accept and we have demanded a correction from these companies."
Lufthansa still uses "Taiwan, China." Here's how it explained its decision to Business Insider.
"As a company operating globally, Lufthansa considers general laws, regulations, local customs and practices in markets we serve when designing online interfaces to customers. This includes taking customs of the international clientele into consideration. In view of this, Lufthansa has decided to use the applied terms."