DHAKA: China’s top official in charge of Taiwan affairs on Saturday wrapped up a landmark four-day visit to the island which sparked angry protests, forcing him to scrap some engagements.

The visit by Zhang Zhijun, the most senior Chinese official ever to visit Taiwan, was a further sign of warming ties between the former bitter rivals despite vocal opposition from Taiwanese suspicious of closer ties with Beijing.

But protests forced Zhang to cancel a visit to a fishing port in southern Kaohsiung city earlier Saturday following clashes between protesters and the police.

One protester splashed a bottle of white paint on his car late Friday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.

BDST: 2054 HRS, JUNE 28, 2014