The China Post
Date: September 18, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The heads of eight cities and counties controlled by non-Democratic Progressive
In this Saturday, Sept. 17 photo provided by the Taitung government, Taitung County Deputy Commissioner Chen Chin-hu, center, and two other county officials prepare to catch a flight to Beijing from Taoyuan International Airport. The county officials joined officials from seven other Taiwanese local governments in heading to China for campaign to promote cross-strait tourism.
(CNA)
Party administrations arrived in Beijing Saturday to promote tourism.
Beijing officials are expected to host a welcome dinner on Sunday for the delegations from New Taipei, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Hualien, Taitung, Nantou, Kinmen and Lienchang.
“We are not giving up any markets,” New Taipei Deputy Mayor Yeh Huey-ching said before departing for Beijing.
Yeh said he would also use the Beijing trip to promote agriculture and the cultural and creative industries in his city.
The campaign reflects opposition parties’ skepticism over Tsai Ing-wen’s “New Southbound Policy.”
The new policy plans to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia in an effort to ease the economy’s over-reliance on China.
ut Tsai’s refusal to openly support the so-called “1992 consensus” has already soured cross-strait relations, resulting in a sharp drop in tourists from China. [FULL STORY]
