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CHINA (Reuters) — The chairperson of the Taiwan-based Kuomintang (KMT) party Hung Hsiu-chu on Sunday called people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to pursue peace and closer relations when addressing the 9th Straits Forum held in Xiamen, east China’s Fujian Province. “Although the relationship between the two sides now seems gloomy, as long as we kindle the light of peace in our heart and move ahead resolutely and unswervingly, one light will kindle […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese lawmakers and fishermen headed to an island in the disputed South China Sea Wednesday to protest at an international tribunal ruling which undermined Taipei’s claims there. Eight lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) boarded a military plane to the Taiwan-controlled Taiping island in the Spratlys archipelago. Five fishing boats decorated with Taiwanese flags and banners reading “Protect fishing rights, safeguard sovereignty” also set sail […]
