As with many things in HTML, there is not what I consider to be a logical reason for this particular behavior. The trick around it is to stick into the empty cell an invisible or non-printable character. The favorite for this purpose is
| Table Containing True Empty Cells | |
| This cell has text | |
| This cell has text | |
Source code for table with empty cell problem
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| Table with Hidden Characters in Empty Cells | |
| This cell has text | |
| This cell has text | |
Source code for table without empty cell problem
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