Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE
Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Taiwan’s Quemoy island begins importing water from mainland China amid rising cross-strait tensions

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council had asked the Quemoy county government to delay and downplay the ceremony because of moves by Beijing to suppress Taipei

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Lawrence Chung
Lawrence Chung

Updated: 8:28pm, 6 Aug, 2018

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Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE
Water is released into the Tianbu Reservoir on Quemoy island on Sunday as the mainland supply begins. Photo: EPA-EFE
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