Airlines issue exposes separatist DPP

A number of foreign airlines, complying with the Chinese civil aviation authorities' demand, have changed references to Taiwan on their websites, indicating the island is part of China.

But the island authorities have exposed their "pro-independence" stance by threatening to file a lawsuit against these airlines, with some officials even inciting the island residents to boycott those airlines that have acquiesced to China's law.

Cross-Straits ties were not only peaceful but also flourished between May 2008 and May 2016 when Taiwan leader Ma Ying-Jeou was in office, as the ruling Kuomintang Party acknowledged the 1992 Consensus that there is only one China.