TAIPEI --- Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said that Beijing's ban on individual travel to Taiwan was a "political tool" that would only create a negative view of China among the Taiwanese people. "Tourism shouldn't be politicized," Tsai said at a press briefing. "Politicized tourism is not sustainable tourism either." She was commenting on an announcement by China on Wednesday that it was banning visits to Taiwan by individual travelers, with effect from Aug.1. "In light of the current relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait," such travel will be suspended, starting Thursday, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a brief notice on ...
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