Both mainland China and Taiwan have strategically used tourism as a bargaining chip to gain a “political upper hand” over one another, say analysts. SINGAPORE: Ringo Lee, a tour operator in Taiwan with over 30 years of experience, used to see brisk business from mainland tourists. “I used to own six large buses, ferrying tourists from mainland China around Taiwan for sightseeing every day,” he told CNA. That was in 2015. Lee has had to face a new reality in recent years. “I have none now, all