MAC warns of Chinese entry-exit changes

GRAY AREA: The regulations, which are due to take effect on Sept. 15, and do not specify Taiwanese as either Chinese citizens or foreigners, are ‘vague and broad,’ an official said The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday said that China’s newly announced entry-exit regulations contain vaguely defined national security provisions and give authorities broad discretion to restrict people’s movement, potentially increasing the risks faced by Taiwanese traveling there.Speaking before a legislative meeting in Taipei, MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said Beijing had long imposed “very strict” controls on Chinese citizens and foreign nationals in China, adding that the new regulations largely placed those existing practices under a formal legal framework.“They have merely codified these st