The incidents led to further crackdowns on foreign companies.
China's aviation authority on Friday demanded an apology from Delta Air Lines, while another government agency took aim at fashion brand Zara and medical device maker Medtronic for similar issues.
The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) has since ordered all foreign airlines operating routes to China to check their respective websites and apps.
Merriden Varrall, director of the East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, attributed the strong reaction to Chinese President Xi Jinping's emphasis on the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which was creating a sense of confidence and intolerance of being insulted.
"For some time, [there has been] this perceived injustice and narrative of persecution in China, and this idea that westerners are trying to keep China down and trying to insult China," she said.
They feel like now they have the strength and will to resist from their point of view what seems like being pushed around and being bullied.
"And they've had that sense of being bullied for a long time, but now they feel like 'we're coming back, we're rejuvenating and we're not putting up with it anymore'."
