DPP will never succeed with its tricks

The Taiwan aviation authorities' refusal to approve 176 extra cross-Straits flights planned by two mainland-based airlines in mid-February shows their irresponsible attitude toward more than 50,000 Taiwan compatriots expected to travel back to Taiwan from the mainland during Spring Festival. That the Democratic Progressive Party blamed Beijing on Monday for the aviation authorities' decision shows it is trying to trick the mainland into returning to talks without Taiwan recognizing the 1992 Consensus that there is only one China.

But the DPP can never succeed in its evil designs and, instead, end up further worsening cross-Straits ties.

The Tsai Ing-wen-led DPP has cited safety concerns over the M503 air route (which both airlines use) for not giving the green light to the additional flights while ignoring the fact that it has proved safe since being launched in March 2015. The air route is an extension of the existing one Shanghai-Hong Kong flights take, and has been approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization, in order to ease the increasing traffic congestion on the A470 air route that runs along the mainland's eastern coast.