A small chink was made in the tension between China and Taiwan on Monday when the ban on Chinese entering the country via sea was lifted for 700 Chinese cruisers aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas.

 Previously, Chinese tourists could enter Taiwan only by plane, and at a limit of 1,000 maximum at any given time.

Could this small concession for Chinese pleasure-seekers be the beginning of a better relationship between China and Taiwan?