Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/22
By: Miao Zong-han and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Taiwan’s government has rejected a request by a Chinese official to

Li Wenhui (李文輝, CNA file photo)

visit the island, taking into consideration the controversy sparked by his previous trip here, a Taiwanese senior official in charge of mainland China affairs said on Thursday.

Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正), deputy head and spokesperson for Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan’s top agency in charge of China policy, said that while Chinese people are welcome to carry out exchanges here, the government hopes they will not be conducted for political purposes or based on political intentions and will not spark controversy or fuel differences in Taiwanese society.

Chiu was responding to a United Daily News report on Feb. 15 that an application by the head of the Shanghai city government’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Li Wenhui (李文輝), did not receive approval from a joint review panel composed of representatives from the MAC and various government agencies.    [FULL  STORY]