Marriott website shut for cleanup

Marriott International, the world's largest hotel company, has been told to shut down its Chinese website and mobile apps for one week while it removes any illegal content on its platforms.

On Thursday, the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration urged the company to minimize the negative effect of having listed Tibet along with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao as countries in a survey sent to Chinese members of its rewards program.

The authority has summoned managers of the company's China office, which is based in Shanghai, to a meeting.