Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/05
By: Chen Chun-hua and Ko Lin
Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said Tuesday that he is in favor of imposing tighter
Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌, left) and Chen Ming-tong (陳明通)
screening for officials from China who apply to visit Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
In addition, Chinese officials going beyond the stated reason for their visits, such as those caught engaging in pro-Beijing propaganda that infringes upon Taiwan’s interests, “will not be allowed into the country again,” Su said at a legislative hearing in Taipei.
Su made the remarks after New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) criticized the government for not introducing policies that would tighten the screening of applications by Chinese officials to visit Taiwan, as it promised last year.
Lim also asked why the rejection rate for Chinese officials applying to visit Taiwan had dropped from 6.8 percent in 2016, to 6 percent in 2017 and 5.5 percent in 2018. [FULL STORY]