200 swimmers join long-distance swimming race in Taiwan Strait
200 swimmers join long-distance swimming race in Taiwan Strait
This Sunday two hundred swimmers from across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are taking part in a unique event - swimming from Taiwan’s offshore island of Kinmen to China. But despite the festive and unifying atmosphere, the Island is a potential flash point for a military escalation between Tapei and Beijing, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan. Report by Jan Camenzind Broomby, Edison Tseng, Yena Lee.
This Sunday two hundred swimmers from across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are taking part in a unique event - swimming from Taiwan’s offshore island of Kinmen to China. But despite the festive and unifying atmosphere, the Island is a potential flash point for a military escalation between Tapei and Beijing, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan. Report by Jan Camenzind Broomby, Edison Tseng, Yena Lee.