TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Chinese man claiming he wanted to see Taiwan’s democracy in action paddled for seven hours on a raft made of styrofoam and bamboo from a beach in China to one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, only to find himself arrested for illegal entry. Guo Zhiyong, 35, from China’s westernmost Xinjiang Province, was found on Taiwan-controlled Kinmen Island, about 2 km (a mile) off the …
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Taiwan's opposition legislators yesterday panned President Ma Ying-jeou's âone Republic of China, two areasâ statement in his inaugural address. Amid recent domestic tension over...