Tourist safety behind cross-Straits move

Editor's note: Given the current climate of cross-Straits relations, the Chinese mainland suspended issuing individual travel permits for Taiwan on Thursday. What does the move suggest? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

DPP should stop splittist activities

Taiwan witnessed rapid growth in tourist arrivals from the mainland in the eight years before Tsai Ing-wen became the island leader in 2016.