An overview of the past week’s developments in cross-Strait relations.
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By: TNL Staff
A tense week in cross-Strait relations closed with news that China appears to have blocked Taiwan’s
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access to an important international air safety meeting.
Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has refused to invite Taiwan to attend its upcoming triennial assembly, despite the U.S. and other countries lobbying on Taiwan’s behalf. Taipei has protested the decision. Taipei also revealed this week that two of its officials was excluded from a United Nations conference on the global fishing industry, ostensibly due to pressure from China.
Despite official communication channels between Taipei and Beijing being frozen, senior representatives from eight Taiwan municipalities controlled by opposition Kuomintang (KMT) have visited China for talks with Chinese officials and to promote tourism and agricultural produce.
The talks were covered by state television in China and the eight representatives stated they recognize the “1992 consensus,” which Beijing has set as a precondition for cross-Strait exchanges. [FULL STORY]
