Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an has called the denying of entry for a Shanghai City Taiwan Affairs Office delegation to attend the Taipei Lantern Festival regrettable. The Mainland Affairs Council says the group submitted their application too late, and that Shanghai TAO has been blocking Taiwanese businesspeople from returning to Taiwan for events.
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00:00Taipei Mayor Zheng Wan'an has slammed the decision to deny entry to a delegation from
00:05the Shanghai City branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office, calling it regrettable.
00:11Zheng says he hopes the central government will improve communication with China.
00:15The delegation was meant to attend the festival, which normally includes a Shanghai exhibit.
00:21But the Mainland Affairs Council says the Shanghai TAO's application came too late this
00:25year and that the Shanghai branch has been blocking Taiwanese business people from returning
00:31to Taiwan.