The trip by Hau Lung-bin, a former mayor of Taipei, to take part in a tribute in Zhengzhou to the Yellow King will come as former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou finishes an 11-day ‘journey of peace’ to the mainland.
Mainland China uses import bans and economic ties to send political message to Taiwanese voters while businesses on the island look to sell products elsewhere as they brace for worsening cross-strait tensions.
Chinese mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office says more measures could follow after last week’s announcement that tariff cuts on some products would be suspended.
Taiwan will elect a new president and a new parliament next month, and polls show the DPP’s candidate, vice-president Lai Ching-te, as the favourite to succeed Ms Tsai Ing-wen