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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Frederik Kelter

In Taiwan’s Kinmen, people hope for calm amid China tensions

Kinmen had opened up after years as an effective military colony. Residents fear the consequences of renewed cross-Strait tension [Frederik Kelter/Al Jazeera]

Kinmen Islands, Taiwan – A storm is raging across the small Taiwanese island of Kinmen.

On an empty beach along the island’s west coast, strong waves pound a line of rusty defensive stakes, secured in concrete foundations, that run like the spikes on a hedgehog’s back along the rocky coastal stretch.

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