TAIPEI: Taiwan's government raised its travel warning for China on Thursday , telling its citizens not to go unless absolutely necessary, following a threat from Beijing last week to
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of President Lai Ching-te, whom it views as a"separatist", and "If it is not necessary to go, then don't," he said, adding this did not amount to a ban on visiting and was about protecting Taiwan's people and reminding them of the risk rather than being a"countermeasure".On Wednesday, asked about concerns that the guidelines could cause fear for Taiwan's people and not help improve relations, the office said they were only aimed at a very small number of independence"diehards' evil words and actions".