Chronologies
China - Taiwan
Chronology from May 2016 to Aug 2016
: Tour bus drivers in Taiwan demonstrate over declining mainland tourism.
: Hong Kong denies entry visas to Taiwan politicians planning to attend cross-strait forum.
: Taipei-Shanghai Twin City Forum opens in Taipei.
: Genesis Travel, a Taiwan tour company catering to mainlanders closes.
: Foreign Minister David Lee says government will not pursue UN campaign.
: Vice President Chen transits New York.
: ROC Interior Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong leads delegation to Taiping Island.
: Vice President Chen visits Dominican Republic.
: Vice President Chen Chien-jen transits New York.
: Kenya deports five Taiwanese involved in a fraud scandal to China.
: MOFA says Taipei has filed application to attend ICAO assembly.
: LY Speaker Su Jia-chyuan leads large multi-party LY delegation to Japan.
: President Tsai formally apologizes to indigenous people of Taiwan for past abuses and neglect.
: Legislative Yuan (LY) passes Ill-gotten Party Assets bill.
: Dalian TAO deputy leads accident family member delegation to Taiwan.
: Cross-Strait Tourism Association task force led by Secretary General Liu Kezhi flies to Taiwan in response to the tour bus fire.
: Twenty-four Chinese tourists die in tour bus fire in Taoyuan.
: Taiwanese actor is fired from film production in China for failure to clarify his political beliefs.
: Arbitral Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) panel issues its award in the Philippine case against China in the South China Sea.
: US Senate adopts resolution reaffirming Taiwan Relations Act and six assurances.
: General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterates 1992 Consensus requirement for cross-strait relations and opposition to Taiwan independence.
: Accidentally launched ROC Navy Hsiung Feng III missile hits a fishing boat near Penghu.
: President Tsai transits Los Angeles on her return to Taiwan.
: President Tsai visits Paraguay.
: President Tsai attends Panama Canal ceremony; signs book as “President of Taiwan (ROC).”
: President Tsai transits Miami; flight to Panama overflies Cuban airspace.
: TAO spokesman says cross-strait communications mechanisms suspended.
: Cambodia sends 25 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China.
: US-Taiwan Defense Review Talks held in Washington.
: Beijing rescinds invitation to the children’s choir that performed at Tsai inauguration.
: TAO spokesman says TAO-Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)-Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) channels can only continue on the basis of the 1992 Consensus.
: Tsai administration denies Ma Ying-jeou’s application to visit Hong Kong.
: Eighth Cross-Strait Forum is held in Xiamen.
: Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chair Hau Lung-bin attends Taiwan-Yunnan forum.
: US Sen. John McCain’s congressional delegation meets President Tsai.
: US Rep. Ed Royce’s congressional delegation meets President Tsai.
: Executive Yuan (EY) spokesman says Taipei will abide by UN ruling on the status of Okinotori Island.
: President Tsai visits Hualien Air Base pledging to restore pride in the military.
: TAO spokesman says cross-strait agreements reached under previous administrations remain in effect.
: Health Minister Lin Tzou-lien attends the World Health Assembly (WHA).
: ROC Education Minister Pan Wen-chung rescinds 2014 high school textbook revisions.
: TAO issues statement giving Tsai an “incomplete test grade” for her inaugural speech.
: President Tsai Ing-wen is inaugurated; gives inaugural address.
: Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of Justice delegation visits Zhuhai for consultations on fraud prosecutions.
: Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) statement says Taipei will participate in World Health Assembly (WHA) under the “one-China” principle.
: Group of former senior Ma administration officials visits Taiping Island.