MAC off to testy start with new head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has hit back at remarks by the new chief of China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) by urging Beijing to halt its "coercion" of Taiwan if it wants to create conditions for more positive interactions across the Taiwan Strait.

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