Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited the Bufadero de La Garita in Telde, Gran Canaria, during a technical stop at the island’s airport. It is believed that he chose this place because of the influence of Taiwanese writer Sanmao, whose books have made many Asians interested in this area of the Atlantic. The visit would have gone unnoticed, had it not been for the security that such a visit entails. All this at an extremely tense time between China and Taiwan, since for China, Taiwan is a part of its country, not an independent country.
The Bufadero has attracted the attention of visitors from China and elsewhere, making it a popular tourist spot. The home of Taiwanese writer Sanmao is visited by many tourists, and the books she wrote have drawn millions of people from Asia to this corner of the Atlantic.