Beijing Tells Taipei That Mainland Is Ready to Resume Cross-Strait Flights

What’s new: China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said Wednesday that the Chinese mainland is ready to resume all cross-Strait direct flights without restrictions, and urged Taiwan to stop using Covid-19 as an excuse to delay the resumption.

Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said the mainland has contained its Covid outbreak and compatriots in Taiwan and the mainland — as well as the airline industry — are “eagerly awaiting the full resumption of cross-Strait direct flights,” according to state broadcaster CCTV.