Semi-official Taiwanese Foundation Stations Staff On Kinmen
In a gesture of goodwill to China, a semi-official Taiwanese foundation has stationed staff on Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Islands. The newly posted staff will work on repairing and strengthening unofficial ties between the two sides
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00:00A Taiwanese foundation is stationing staff on islands close to China in a bid to build
00:06goodwill between the two sides.
00:08The Straits Exchange Foundation says it will send people to work at a service center on
00:13the Jinmen Islands, just over the water from China's Fujian province.
00:18The center deals with ferry-related services between Jinmen and the Chinese city Xiamen.
00:24The foundation manages business and technical matters, and it comes under a Taiwan government
00:29agency, but technically it's private.
00:33That's because Beijing and Taipei do not have official relations.