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Taiwan says it is investigating whether a man from mainland China managed to cross the highly militarised Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy.
The Chinese man, 33, told police he crossed the 100-mile (160km) stretch in search of “freedom and democracy”.
Patrolled by hundreds of vessels, the Taiwan Strait is one of the most heavily policed waterways in the world.
Taiwanese authorities are looking into whether security “shortcomings” had made the journey possible.
The man, only identified by
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