As tensions in Asia continue to rise, China's President Xi Jinping made a rare trip to Fujian province, an outwardly facing province located across the Taiwan Strait only days after China executed a military blockade "drill" which surrounded and blocked off key ports in Taiwan.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, Xi made a visit to the province to push for modernization in the region which has become an important and robust private economy, slowly growing into a demonstration zone for integrated development within the Taiwan Strait.
"Fujian should continue to make greater progress in accelerating the development of a modern economic system," Xi said.
