Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A group of Chinese delegates visited Taiwan on Saturday, marking the first official group from China to visit the country since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Li Xiaodong, the deputy director of the Shanghai office of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office, and five others, landed in Taipei around 11 a.m. local time. They were invited by the Taiwanese government to attend the Taiwan Lantern Festival, an event that marks the end of the Lunar New Year season.