The move is largely symbolic as Taiwan still bars its own population from travelling to China. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – China will allow travel agencies to resume organising group tours from Taiwan starting Friday, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has said.
Beijing’s announcement does not carry a lot of practical significance just yet, as Taiwan still bars its own population from travelling to China in group tours. But that change did not apply to Taiwan, a self-ruling democracy that China claims as part of its territory. The island’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang , chose its presidential candidate this week and is eying the leadership after making inroads in local elections in 2022.That has given Beijing reason to try and woo the KMT ahead of the election, since the party is more China-friendly and thus its preferred negotiating partner.
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