Chinese tourists to Taiwan Strait shrug off beefed-up security patrols

Tourist groups visiting Pingtan Island — one of the closest points in southeastern China to Taiwan — braved blustery seaside weather on Thursday and shrugged off the boosted maritime patrols in the flashpoint waters beyond them. Chinese maritime authorities announced beefed-up coastguard operations in the Taiwan Strait to coincide with the Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen […]

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