A tit-for-tat spat over airline routes highlights the deplorable state of cross-Strait ties.

The News Lens
Date: 2018/01/26
By: David Green

“Teacher! He’s in my space again!”

So came the protests from Taiwan after China followed increasingly aggressive military

flights close to Taiwan’s airspace late last year with the unilateral announcement of new airline routes that track precariously close to the Taipei Flight Information Region.

Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) this week responded by rejecting flight applications that intended to use the new routes.

The CAA turned down requests from Chinese carriers Eastern Airlines and XiamenAir for 176 extra flights to Taiwan during the Lunar New Year holidays, which begin in mid-February.    [FULL  STORY]