Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago lies just off the Chinese coast

Only 3.2 kilometers from China, but islanders remain calm

Off this small island of Taiwan, China’s weapons abound

Taiwan’s small Kinmen Islands lie just off China. Islanders can see the skyline of nearby Chinese metropolis Xiamen. Troops and combat equipment are mobilized there. On Kinmen, however, one remains calm.

Kinmen is a small island group administered by Taiwan. Which is just off China. The skyline of the Chinese metropolis of four million people, Xiamen, is just 3.2 kilometers from Kinmen. There, China is launching its largest military maneuvers in history around Taiwan. But on Taiwan’s Kinmen Islet, just off the Chinese coast, all seems calm. Residents are, still, at ease.

Kinmen has always been between the fronts. As early as 1960, when Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1996) was the only incumbent US President to visit Taiwan: half a million people cheered Eisenhower on June 18, 1960 in Taipei. China, on the other hand, was bombing Taiwanese territory the moment Eisenhower landed. But not the main island, which is slightly smaller than Switzerland in terms of area. But Kinmen.

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