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Sat 05 May 2009Slow thaw in China-Taiwan relations
Demining is a sign that fear of Chinese invasion is at last ebbing, writes CLIFFORD COONANin Kinmen, Taiwan
A SHUDDERING explosion is an odd way of illustrating closer relations between self-ruled Taiwan and China, but clearing landmines from the beaches of Kinmen, a few hundred metres from the mainland, is a powerful symbol of how ties are getting ever closer.
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