Taiwan currently allows direct flights to only four Chinese cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xiamen. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI – Taiwan said on Thursday that it would allow the resumption of more direct flights to China that were stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in a show of political goodwill to Beijing despiteTaiwan, which China views as its own territory, currently allows direct flights to only four Chinese cities – Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Xiamen. Before the pandemic, multiple Chinese cities were connected to the island.
Taiwan’s China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said 10 more cities would be allowed to have regular flights, including the economic powerhouses of Guangzhou, Nanjing and Shenzhen, while charter flights would be allowed to another 13. “China suggested 26 cities, which we also have taken into consideration. This move demonstrates our most sincere goodwill,” he said.
Taiwan’s government has been trying to resume interactions, especially people-to-people exchanges, with China since lifting strict quarantine rules late in 2022, with President Tsai Ing-wen saying she hoped this could ease tensions.
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