Rejection of extra flights is 'revenge': academic

Taiwan's rejection of additional flights during Spring Festival shows that Tsai Ing-wen's administration has intentionally "created antagonism" with the mainland, a Taiwan studies researcher said.

"It is revenge," said Wang Hailiang, a researcher of Taiwan studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Taiwan's transport authority turned down two airlines' plans for 176 additional Spring Festival flights on Monday.