'No use worrying': Taiwanese tourists carry on despite China threat

Tourists on Taiwan's Kinmen islands walk past a mural with a slogan that reads 'seize mainland China'

Visiting Taiwan's tiny Kinmen Islands last week, Joseph Lin practised standing up on his paddleboard, drifting across from the Chinese city of Xiamen, where days earlier fighter jets had screamed overhead.

"Taiwan is my home and I am willing to stand out," he said, paddleboard in hand.

Originally published as 'No use worrying': Taiwanese tourists carry on despite China threat