Taiwan's government faces opposition from politicians and farmers over agricultural trade policies, accused of prioritizing ideology over livelihoods and applying double standards regarding export markets.
Jiang Mingdian, a 77-year-old from Quanzhou, China, has written over 100,000 letters for families to relatives overseas in a career spanning 59 years. This tradition stems from Fujian's history of emigration, where letter writers bridged the communication gap for illiterate relatives.
The head of a Taiwanese sea search-and-rescue group urged Beijing and Taipei to resume cooperation on maritime emergencies. Joint drills ceased in 2016, impacting safety in the busy Taiwan Strait.
Head of a Taiwanese sea search-and-rescue group urges joint maritime emergency drills with China. The Taiwan Strait is a high-risk zone, and cooperation stopped in 2016.
China's fourth-ranking official, Wang Huning, praised the "enthusiastic" participation of Taiwanese people at the Straits Forum, despite restrictions imposed by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. The forum, Beijing's main platform for cross-strait people-to-people engagement, featured 58 events in Fujian province.
Yu Yanling, a former track athlete from China, overcame her fear of heights to become the country's first internationally certified female professional tree climber, specializing in within-canopy pruning of urban trees.
Fujian province, China's closest territory to Taiwan, has become a focal point for Beijing's reunification messaging, with William Lai Ching-te's ancestral village now drawing increased attention following a popular live-stream tour. A content creator known as "Gym Boss" visited the Lai Clan Ancestral Hall and live-streamed to his 1.3 million followers, prompting a spike in visitors and prompting local officials to plan a new display hall for cross-strait cultural exchange by year's end.
A courtyard house in Fuzhou, Fujian, once home to Wu Shi – a KMT defector executed in Taipei in 1950 – has become a pilgrimage site after a hit drama 'Silent Honour' aired in October. The residence was renovated in three months and opened in February, drawing up to 20,000 visitors daily over Chinese New Year. Since April, it has been designated a National Security Education Base, part of Beijing's messaging toward Taiwan.
A courtyard house in Fuzhou, Fujian, where Communist spy Wu Shi once lived before being executed in Taipei in 1950, has become a national pilgrimage site following a hit drama 'Silent Honour'. The property was renovated in three months and opened in February, attracting up to 20,000 visitors daily over Chinese New Year. Since April, it has been designated one of China's 25 'National Security Education Bases', part of Beijing's messaging toward Taiwan framing spy executions within a reunification narrative.
A 20-year-old Chinese live-stream host known as Umi was lured to Cambodia and forced into a cyber scam operation. She broadcast live to recount her ordeal before her account was banned. The Fujian native with 24,000 followers was found in distress in Cambodia in January and returned to China. Three months ago, a netizen spotted her near a hotel with a leg injury, looking gaunt and exhausted. Her farmer father had sent over 80,000 yuan ($12,000) after believing she was working in Zhejiang.
