WILL NOT RETALIATE:Taiwanese businesses have opposed a possible ban against Chinese officials, which has contributed to the government’s decision, sources said

Taipei Times
Date:  Nov 06, 2017
By: Lin Liang-sheng  /  Staff reporter

The government has put on hold a planned countermeasure against China that was announced in June to restrict Chinese officials from visiting Taiwan after Panama switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, sources said yesterday.

Panama cut formal ties with Taiwan on June 13 while endorsing Beijing’s “one China” principle.

The government at the time said it would take necessary countermeasures to limit cross-strait exchanges, as China had unilaterally restricted Taiwanese officials and academics from visiting China over the past year, resulting in an imbalance of cross-strait exchanges.

However, while Taiwan’s China affairs officials have announced that they were still formulating the exact countermeasures, government sources said the administration has determined that no changes would be made to cross-strait policy.
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