Chinese airlines have canceled hundreds of flights to and from Taiwan as a dispute over aviation routes intensifies. Two major carriers, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and Xiamen Airlines, said Tuesday that they had called off the flights because Taiwan refused to approve them. But Taiwan said it hadn't been consulted over the routes the airlines were planning to use, accusing Beijing of "unilateral" action. China Eastern Airlines said it had canceled 212 flights between mainland China and Taiwan that it had previously planned for the holiday period. Xiamen Airlines said it had canceled at least 70 of its additional flights, accusing Taiwan of being "heartless."

Source: CNN January 30, 2018 07:30 UTC