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

Domestic flights continue to fly to the island white tour groups and buses crowd the islands' popular sites. -AFP

KINMEN, Taiwan (AFP): 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.

The Taiwanese islets, just two miles from China's coast, have become a popular tourist destination, and Beijing's massive military drills this month failed to deter domestic visitors from jetting closer to their sabre-rattling neighbour.