‘A blatant lie’: China and Taiwan fight for credit over rescue of sailors lost at sea for 29 days

Tensions between China and Taiwan have found an unlikely battleground – a fight over who rescued nine Papua New Guinean sailors who were lost at sea for nearly a month. The dispute came after the rescue of the Papua New Guinean nationals in Solomon Island waters after 29 days lost at sea, late in February.Credit for the mission was claimed by China in an article published in the Global Times, an