Premier Stresses Safety First When Considering End to China Travel Ban
Taiwan's premier and the Mainland Affairs Council say they will continue to review cross-strait tourism policies after the legislature passed a resolution calling for an immediate end to the ban on group tours to China.
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00:00Premier Zhuo Zhongtai says the government must consider the safety of Taiwanese citizens
00:04abroad before deciding whether to lift the ban on group tours to China.
00:09Zhuo was speaking after the opposition-led legislature passed a resolution calling for
00:13the immediate end to a ban on Taiwanese group tours to China.
00:18Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles cross-strait policy, said the main barriers
00:22to cooperation lie on the Chinese side.
00:25Restrictions on cross-strait travel have been in place since the start of the COVID-19
00:29pandemic.
00:30In June, the government warned Taiwanese citizens to be cautious about visiting China, after
00:34a Taiwanese tourist was detained by Chinese police.