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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Isabel KUA

Hopes For 'Reunification' A Fact Of Life On China's Window To Taiwan

A tourist poses for a picture at a scenic spot called 68 Nautical Miles on Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan's main island (Credit: AFP)

Atop rock formations overlooking a vast coastline, groups of Chinese tourists snap pictures and gaze out to sea with binoculars in the direction of Taiwan's main island, just over a hundred kilometres away.

Taipei has this week accused China of launching its biggest maritime drills in years, with about 60 warships and 30 coastguard vessels deployed, spanning from near the southern islands of Japan to the South China Sea.

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