Incoming Taiwan government likely to infuriate China from the word go

A man rides a bicycle past a flag with the image of Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen in Pingtung, Taiwan April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's new ruling party is set for an early clash with China over the first major item on its legislative agenda - a bill that could paralyse trade between the two rivals and which Beijing has already condemned.

The proposed "supervision law" has not only angered China, which views self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province, but sent shivers through the island's business community which thinks the government should put the economy before politics.