China Coast Guard Boards Taiwan Tour Boat, Escalating Spat
- Officers check documents of ship operating near Kinmen
- Tourists reportedly feared they’d be taken to mainland
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China’s Coast Guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist vessel near an offshore outpost, in an apparent response to an accident that saw two fishermen die.
The Coast Guard officers checked documents of the ship operating near the Taiwanese island of Kinmen on Monday and left after about 30 minutes, the Taipei-based Central News Agency reported. Kinmen sits less than 3km (1.9 miles) from the mainland.