TaiwanPlus News – 18:00, February 21, 2024

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Cross-strait maritime confrontations have continued to escalate around Taiwan's Kinmen Islands after two Chinese fishers drowned last week when their boat capsized while being pursued by a Taiwan coast guard vessel. To mark International Mother Tongue Day, activists in Taipei have held a rally on bicycles in support of the Tibetan language, which is being suppressed in China. And Taipei's National Museum of History has reopened after several years of renovation. - The Dutch colonial era on Taiwan is in the spotlight at the Taipei International Book Exhibition, with a number of authors and officials from the Netherlands in attendance. - Jaime Ocon reports from the Singapore Airshow on the international debut of China's first narrow-body airliner, the C919. - Taiwanese baseball prodigy Yu Chang has signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays in Florida.