Taiwan and China reach deal over fishermen's deaths

It comes five months after two Chinese fishermen died following a sea chase by Taiwan's coast guard.

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The settlement involves compensation to the victims' families and the repatriation of their bodies to China, according to reports. Taiwan's coastguard declined to share details.

The deal may reduce tensions in the sensitive Taiwan Strait, which Beijing claims as its own.

China had condemned the incident in February as "malicious" and started regular patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago following it.

The regular patrols aimed to “maintain operational order in sea areas and safeguard fishermen’s lives and property”, Beijing's coastguard said in February.

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