China’s culture and tourism ministry said on Wednesday it will stop issuing individual permits for travel to Taiwan for people in 47 mainland cities from August 1 due to the state of relations with the island.
The ministry did not elaborate.
People from the mainland need permission to travel to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as a renegade province.
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