08-01-2019, 11:36 AM
** 01-Aug-2019 World View: China limits visits to Taiwan
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has announced that it will no longer
issue individual travel permits to Taiwan for people in 47 mainland
cities, because of the poor state of relations with the self-ruled
island.
This will have an economic effect on Taiwan, because a third of its
tourist industry depends on visits from mainlanders. It's estimated
that Taiwan will lose $900 million in revenue.
It's believed that the CCP's intention is to influence next year's
election against the current president Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the
independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and towards
the Kuomintang party, which favors Taiwan becoming a province of
mainland China.
Tsai says that the move will backfire because it will “punish all
people in Taiwan," not just the DPP.
Tsai's statement is perfectly obvious, but it's never possible
to overestimate the enormous stupdity of CCP officials, as
they stumble from one idiotic policy to the next.
The new CCP pollicy will not affect people in Hong Kong who
want to travel to Taiwan. There are reports of an outflow
of Hong Kongers to Taiwan to escape the CCP army before
it attacks Hong Kong protesters.
Another possible CCP reason for block mainland visits to Taiwan is to
prevent mainlanders from learning the details of the chaos in Hong
Kong, whereas CCP state media portrays the Hong Kong protesters as
violent terrorists.
Separately, the CCP army has just released a training video for the
army to invade Hong Kong and deal with the protesters, and it shows
the army shooting protesters to kill. The video has gone viral on the
mainland, and most mainland social media commenters are calling
for the invasion to begin.
---- Source:
-- Beijing’s ban on individual Taiwan visits ‘a big mistake’, says
President Tsai Ing-wen
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics...stake-says
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 1-Aug-2019)
-- China’s army just released a video showing soldiers practicing
shooting protesters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asi...story.html
(Washington Post, 1-Aug-2019)
Guest Wrote:> China just banned individual travel visas for Chinese citizens
> trying to visit Taiwan. So for now on, only pre-approved group
> tours will get visas to visit. The noose is tightening.
Guest Wrote:> Does this include the Hong Kong Chinese? Will this block them from
> flying to Taiwan?
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has announced that it will no longer
issue individual travel permits to Taiwan for people in 47 mainland
cities, because of the poor state of relations with the self-ruled
island.
This will have an economic effect on Taiwan, because a third of its
tourist industry depends on visits from mainlanders. It's estimated
that Taiwan will lose $900 million in revenue.
It's believed that the CCP's intention is to influence next year's
election against the current president Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the
independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and towards
the Kuomintang party, which favors Taiwan becoming a province of
mainland China.
Tsai says that the move will backfire because it will “punish all
people in Taiwan," not just the DPP.
Tsai's statement is perfectly obvious, but it's never possible
to overestimate the enormous stupdity of CCP officials, as
they stumble from one idiotic policy to the next.
The new CCP pollicy will not affect people in Hong Kong who
want to travel to Taiwan. There are reports of an outflow
of Hong Kongers to Taiwan to escape the CCP army before
it attacks Hong Kong protesters.
Another possible CCP reason for block mainland visits to Taiwan is to
prevent mainlanders from learning the details of the chaos in Hong
Kong, whereas CCP state media portrays the Hong Kong protesters as
violent terrorists.
Separately, the CCP army has just released a training video for the
army to invade Hong Kong and deal with the protesters, and it shows
the army shooting protesters to kill. The video has gone viral on the
mainland, and most mainland social media commenters are calling
for the invasion to begin.
---- Source:
-- Beijing’s ban on individual Taiwan visits ‘a big mistake’, says
President Tsai Ing-wen
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics...stake-says
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 1-Aug-2019)
-- China’s army just released a video showing soldiers practicing
shooting protesters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asi...story.html
(Washington Post, 1-Aug-2019)
