International relationsWith economic allure fading, Taiwan keeps its distance from China
Cross-strait competition dampens investment as President Tsai enters third year
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.