Chinese authorities investigate Marriott questionnaire incident

SHANGHAI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai authorities have investigated Marriott International after the U.S.-based hotel corporation categorized Chinese territories as "country" in a mail questionnaire, which caused a stir among its Chinese members.

The cyberspace administration and market supervision bureau of Huangpu District said they had conducted interviews with the hotel company's representatives in China and ordered all related content to be removed from its website and mobile app.

Previously, a Chinese internet user posted on microblog site Weibo a screenshot of Marriott's mail questionnaire, which listed Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as options under the question "Which country are you from?" Marriott apologized twice on its Weibo account and suspended the questionnaire. Enditem