With economic allure fading, Taiwan keeps its distance from China

Cross-strait competition dampens investment as President Tsai enters third year

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Ground staff at Taipei Songshan Airport wave to a China Airlines plane as it prepares to take off for Shanghai.

KENSAKU IHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TAIPEI -- As the independence-leaning government of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen wraps up its second year, China's pressure campaign to bring the island closer to unification seems to be faltering amid increasingly competitive cross-strait economic relations.

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