<p>A young mainland Chinese tourist swipes at a bubble at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 20.</p>
July 31, 2011
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July 31, 2011 9 p.m.
Taiwan's China tourism gain in doubt as polls near
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Campaigning for office in 2008, Taiwan's president promised an economic windfall of $2 billion a year by opening the gates to Chinese tourism. If Taiwan's tourism bureau is to be believed, President Ma Ying-jeou has achieved precisely that as he heads into elections in January for a possible second term.