TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's top China policy official on Sunday called on Beijing not to further limit the number of Chinese tourists permitted to visit Taiwan and to allow opportunities for greater interaction, communication and friendship between the people on both sides. On the question whether relations between Taiwan and China would improve this year, Chang said she hoped the two sides would create a new model for interaction. The "1992 consensus" refers to a tacit understanding reached in 1992 between China and Taiwan, which then had a Kuomintang (KMT) government, that there is only one China, with both parties free to interpret what that means. Since Tsai came to office, there has been a steady decline in the number of Chinese tourists to Taiwan, likely caused by the deterioration in cross-strait relations. The government hopes the policy will diversify investment and trade so that Taiwan would be less economically dependent on China, including in the tourism sector.

Source: The China Post February 05, 2017 09:33 UTC