The News Lens
Date: 2016/12/20

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is drafting new regulations to ensure Chinese

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officials visiting Taiwan meet with both “pan-green” and “pan-blue” local governments, the Taipei Times reports. The MAC hopes the measures will prevent Chinese officials from visiting Taiwan for political rather than economic purposes. Pan-green local governments tend to lean towards the views of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), while pan-blue governments are closer to the Kuomintang.

The heads of eight “pan-blue” local governments visited China to discuss tourism and agriculture in September, and a Chinese delegation visited those eight local governments in October. However, the Chinese delegation canceled scheduled visits to cities and counties governed by the DPP.    [FULL  STORY]