As fears of war brew, China and Taiwan are still joining forces to rescue lost fishermen, Taipei says

• Taiwan and China authorities are still working together on at least one front: coast guard rescue.
• Taiwan's coast guard has helped China with 17 rescues in the last three years, the agency's chief said.
• Both coast guards launched a joint operation to search for Chinese fishermen on Thursday.

Taiwan's coast guard has run more than a dozen joint rescue operations with China in the last three years, the agency's chief said on Thursday — marking a rare area of cooperation between both governments amid mounting tensions.