With Chinese residents of Fujian and Shanghai set to be allowed to resume group tours to Taiwan in the near future, it proves a question as to how Chinese and Taiwanese authorities will collaborate on managing such tours...
China's Taiwan Affairs Office has announced that it is allowing for Chinese travel to resume– except that only tourists from Fujian would be allowed to travel to Taiwan and they would only be allowed to visit Matsu. On the other hand, China has made the resumption of group tours between Taiwan and China contingent on whether ferry travel between Taipei, Taichung, and China’s Pingtan County, as well as other ferry services, is allowed to take place. The Chinese government also called for the resumption of direct flights between Taiwan and 29 Chinese cities....
Scenes of disruption took place across Hong Kong today, with a general strike and eight rallies held at the same time across multiple districts of Hong Kong. Apart from the heavy use of tear gas by police during the day, nightfall saw the reemergence of triad members to attack demonstrators...
Demonstrations continue in Hong Kong, with thousands of civil servants protesting yesterday outside Chater Garden, as well as protests today in Mong Kok. The past nights have also seen repeated demonstrations outside police stations in response to arrests...
Reports of unusual actions by the Chinese government aimed at affecting Hong Kong and Taiwan have emerged in the last day. First, the Chinese government announced that individual tours to Taiwan from 47 cities across China will come to a halt starting on August 1st. Second, reports have emerged of Chinese troops amassing on the border between Hong Kong and China, leading to fears that this could be an early sign of a PLA crackdown on Hong Kong. A report by the SCMP later stated that these were police by 190,000 Chinese police officers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, not military drills, but the development has raised fears nonetheless...
