India, Oct. 16 -- Taipei [Taiwan], October 16 (ANI) China's latest attempt to expand its single-entry visa-on-arrival policy to Taiwanese travellers has been dismissed by Taipei as an empty and politically driven manoeuvre. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said the measure is of "little practical interest" to most Taiwanese and represents a weak effort by Chinese officials to project activity in the absence of substantive cross-strait engagement, as reported by The Taipei Times.

According to The Taipei Times, China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) spokesperson Chen Binhua, while speaking at a press conference, claimed the new policy was designed to make travel "easier and safer" for Taiwanese citizens, whether entering the mainland d...