Covid-19 vaccines become latest front line in China's campaign to win hearts of Taiwanese


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TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Beijing is touting a state programme that gives Taiwanese in China priority for Covid-19 vaccines, prompting concern within Taiwan's government which sees it as the latest Chinese tool to win over the island's population. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, is making the free-of-charge offer at a time when the island has yet to begin vaccinations of its own, with Chinese government departments and state media quoting Taiwanese in China in support of the programme. "This shows the mainland's warmth and affection towards us," a Taiwanese teacher surnamed Wang was Quote: d as saying in...