Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-10-16

Taiwan’s transportation minister says that there has been no delay in dealing with a mudslide that killed three Taiwanese tourists and injured two others in China over the weekend. That’s despite a political impasse between Taiwan and China which has hindered talks in other areas.

The five people killed and injured in the mudslide were part of a 45-member tour group from Taiwan. They were walking around a scenic area in the Three Gorges area of Hubei Province on Sunday morning when the mudslide occurred.

Taiwan’s transportation minister, Ho Chen Tan, on Monday responded to questions at the legislature about whether poor communication between Taiwan and China was hindering efforts to deal with the incident. He said that was not the case.
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