Beijing’s pilot zone for economic integration with Taiwan running out of steam

Beijing’s pilot zone for economic integration with Taiwan running out of steam

[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025

By 2022 there were over 3,000 people and nearly 1,300 enterprises from Taiwan in Pingtan, Fujian, but the cross-strait beacon is dimming.



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