Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council says Taitung County Chief Yao Ching-ling did not inform them in advance of a meeting with China's Taiwan Affairs Office head Song Tao in Beijing last week. But Yao says she did not know about the meeting beforehand, either.
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00:00An official from southeastern Taiwan has held an unsanctioned meeting with a high-level
00:05official in Beijing.
00:07Taitung County Chief Rao Qingling led a delegation to China last week to promote Taitung-grown
00:13fruit.
00:14There, she met with Taiwan Affairs Office Head Song Tao.
00:18Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said Thursday that Rao had not reported the meeting to them
00:23in advance and that she could be barred from going to China again in her official capacity.
00:29But Rao says the meeting came as a surprise.