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Taiwan Set for First Tourist Drop Since 2003 After China Ban

Visitors stand at Liberty Square near the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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China’s ban on individual travel to Taiwan could see visitors to the island fall for the first time since the devastating SARS outbreak of 2003.