I’m assuming CHN doesn’t recognise Taiwan-issued document? A a foreigner coming back to TW from CHN how would I satisfy China’s emigration/airlines if asked?
Would I need to book a refundable airline ticket? Also, would that outward ticket need to be within 30 days of entering China or do they respect that Taiwan has a 90-days visa-waiver (for my country)?
What are you exactly trying to do?
And China does recognise Taiwan docs in practise. On the ground, despite the CCP’s tantrums, Taiwan is a separate country. It uses the international terminals in Chinese airports.
China immigration doesn’t care about your Taiwan documents only that you’ve complied with China’s entry and exit requirements for your nationality. They will check your passport.
The airline will confirm at check-in whether you are legally able to enter Taiwan as you will be their problem if you can’t so they will check quite carefully. They will check your passport and whatever visa/permit etc. you have, they may even call Taiwan immigration to confirm you’ll be allowed to enter, highly likely if you’re going to use a visa-waiver. Make sure you bring documentation showing your country qualifies for a waiver.
Neither country will care about your flight out of the other.
For China entry immigration you’ll need an onward ticket within the period of your visa. If you’re on a 30 day visa you’ll need to show you will leave within 30 days, they don’t care where you go.
Only Taiwan entry immigration and the airline will care about your 90-day visa-waiver, you’ll need to show you have a flight leaving within 90 days of entering Taiwan.
International/HK, Macao, Taiwan Terminal!
Like I said, just curious because I have an APRC and I know Chinese officially doesn’t recognize Taiwan-issued documents like passports.
I was just double checking because an American friend had trouble boarding a Taipei-bound flight because the check-in staff said Taiwan was a Chinese province and he didn’t have time left on his visa for a “domestic” flight. Hopefully, that was just one pedantic/clueless person.
And yes, I’m aware Taiwan flights use the International departure area. I’ve been to China several times, but I’ve never flown directly back to Taiwan from China.
Tell that to me former boss! He was flying to Paris and transiting through Beijing.
He got sent back because he only brought his passport and not his 台胞證. Apparently even transiting airside without going through immigration is forbidden with a Taiwanese passport. 
let’s compare apples to apples.
He is a ROC NWHR, to enter China TW folks MUST use their TBZ, that’s it. China does not recognise TW passport.
You are a foreigner living in TW, China recognises your passport and you must satisfy China’s entry requirements based on your passport, that’s it, they can’t care less about your APRC. Only the airline will care about your APRC since they must satisfy the check-in list requirements for foreigners to check their right of entry to TW before issuing a boarding pass and allow boarding. That’s not China gov asking, that’s TW NIA forcing the airline (even a Chinese one) to perform these checks.
2 incredibly different scenarios.
The airline you’re travelling with does recognise them.
Flown back and forth to China from Taiwan directly and indirectly for the last 20 odd years, no check-in staff, or immigration official, has ever said that to me. He’s either feediong you BS, didn’t actually understand what he was told or met an imbecile. What airport and airline did he claim it happened with? What was the end result?
What documents do you think he uses to get a 台胞證? If he forgot to bring his he could have gotten a temporary replacement in the airport that’s good for 7 days.
Only Taiwanese passports are not recognised.
What are you trying to do?
Yeah. Not the domestic terminal.
OK, just asking for my own sanity. No need to get weirdly aggressively.
I didn’t interrogate my friend about the ins and outs of his experience.
OK, but I need you to explain to me EXACTLY what you plan to do so I can give you the best answer.
Always best to nip these stories right in the bud, otherwise you see them suddenly repeated as facts across multiple expat platforms and it just leads to confusion&anxiety for newer travellers, or even apparently experienced travellers like yourself.
