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TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Thursday rejected a plan by China to boost economic integration as a cash grab to boost the country's
With the release of a new circular, the Chinese mainland is slated to take specific measures to rev up integration and connectivity for Fujian Province and the island of Taiwan, including accelerating construction of a highway that connects people from across the Straits. Experts say such integration will bring visible benefits to both people, and bind them closer together, which will offset the smearing and demonizing of mainland preferential policies hyped by Taiwan secessionists.
People of various sectors on both sides of the Taiwan Straits have long awaited direct infrastructure connectivity between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan island, Cong Liang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, told a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Thursday, while the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the island continue to undermine such exchanges.
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Taiwan's defence ministry said in a statement that 68 Chinese aircraft and 10 naval vessels were detected near the island.