Taipei, July 25 -- In yet another attempt to meddle in Taiwan's democratic process, China has been offering discounted flight tickets to Taiwan-based voters ahead of this week's recall elections, the Taipei Times reported, citing officials from the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).

According to the Taipei Times, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councillor Hong Chien-yi recently obtained evidence that a Chinese "united front" unit in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, had issued notices offering discounted flights to China-based Taiwanese business people and their families to return to Taiwan and vote. The offer was strategically timed just days before the recall vote, MAC Deputy Chairman Liang Wen-chieh confirmed.

Liang told the ...