Taipei Times
Date: Jun 21, 2018
By: Nadia Tsao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
The government should think long and hard before pursuing legal action to counter Beijing’s demand that international airlines designate Taiwan as part of China, or the effort could prove “expensive and time-consuming,” Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) said yesterday.
The government is also considering calling for a boycott of carriers that complied with Beijing’s demand.
“We will tell our people: ‘Those are the airlines that caved in to China; it is your choice [whether to use them],’” National Security Council Secretary-General David Lee (李大維) said on Tuesday.
Although pursuing legal action against the carriers would be a complex process and “might take two to three years” to reach a ruling, “it will signal that we are fighting back, that we will not just sit idly by,” Lee said. [FULL STORY]