SCRAMBLING:The government needs to implement reform in an orderly manner instead trying to fix problems every time protesters take to the streets, Shirley Lin said

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2016
By: Nadia Tsao and William Hetherington / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON, with staff writer

A US academic said that Taiwan needs to be more global-minded and not perceive economic problems solely as cross-strait issues.

Shirley Lin (林夏如), a professor of political science at the University of Virginia, said Taiwan’s tourism industry must not focus on numbers and should understand the global situation in which everyone is clamoring for Chinese tourists.

She added that Beijing always has the option of controlling the number of Taiwan-bound Chinese travelers and that it might not even need to do so if the economy in China slows down.

Taiwan must have a risk management system in place and develop its own tourism strategy, Lin said.     [FULL  STORY]