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"Taiwan and China yesterday staged their biggest-ever joint maritime search-and-rescue drill, near waters where the two sides fought fierce battles half a century ago, officials said.\r\nMore than 30 vessels and three helicopters took part in the exercise off Kinmen, the Coast Guard Administration said in a statement.\r\nAbout 400 people from coast guard, rescue and maritime support units from the two sides took part in the drill, according to the statement.\r\n“The purpose of the drill was to check how responsible units from Taiwan and the mainland [China] will react to maritime accidents,” the Coast Guard Administration said.\r\nThe drill, which covered an"
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