Taiwan rejects visa of 2 Hong Kong officials amid rising bilateral tensions

Taiwan has rejected visa permit for two Hong Kong Officials, city’s government revealed on July 21. This comes as Taipei has doubled down on its stance against China’s national security law and overtly offered help to Hong Kongers.

According to Hong Kong’s Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, staffers, both from Hong Kong Ecomic Tre and cultural office, have been sent back home after ir permits for residences in Taiwan were rejected. On or hand, Taiwan’s Policy Mainland Affairs Council has yet t confirmed visa rejections.

However, it asserted that Taiwan needed to react accordingly in order to “defend nation’s dignity based on equal and bilateral consideration” following “unreasonable limitations” set by Hong Kong authorities. It is yet t clear if ir existing visas were denied or documents related to a new application were rejected.  

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China-Taiwan relations 

Taiwan, which has spoken openly about China's policy considered itself an independent country. However, Beijing has long regarded Taiwan to be a part of China's sovereign territory and has t hidden its ambitions to take back island.  According to reports, Taiwan has existed under threat of Chinese invasion ever since island split from mainland after a civil war in 1949.

With exponential growth of China’s People’s Liberation Army, Taiwan finds itself outgunned. Over years, China has repeatedly tried to isolate Taiwan from rest of world by using its ermous influence to convince or nation-states that Taiwan is a part of China.

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Im credits: AP