Taiwan, Palau in talks over forming 'travel bubble'

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Taiwan and one of its Pacific allies, Palau, are currently in talks on possibly forming a so-called "travel bubble" that would allow each side to open its border for people to travel in tour groups, Taiwan's Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Wednesday. Chen, who heads Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), said the center will hold a cross-ministry conference Friday to review the proposal. Chen made the comments in response to media questioning on the proposal, which, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), was first raised by Palauan President Tommy Remengesau Jr., given...