TAIPEI: A group of opposition officials from Taiwan have bypassed the government and traveled to China on a bridge-building trip as relations with Beijing turn frosty under new president Tsai Ing-wen.

Observers say the meeting is a move by China to up the pressure on Tsai and an attempt to woo a public wary of closer ties with Beijing.

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