.‘HOSTAGE TOURISM’: Beijing’s strategies to intimidate Taiwan by manipulating Chinese travelers before the polls is typical of an autocratic state, Lin Chia-lung said
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 06, 2019.
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The government is considering including more countries in its visa-waiver program to attract more
The emblem of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications is pictured in an undated photograph.
Photo: Cheng Wei-chi, Taipei Times
Aside from suspending visits by independent travelers, media reports said Beijing is planning to reduce the number of Chinese tour groups starting on Sept. 1.
They also said that China would expand the restrictions to include Chinese tourists traveling to Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) — also known as the “small three links” — between the two nations, but Taiwanese and Chinese authorities denied the reports.
“China is attempting to interfere in our elections in January by suspending visits by Chinese tourists before then,” Lin said. [FULL STORY]
