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The Latest Breaking News from Kinmen

In troubled Taiwan China waters, a swimming race provides rare hope

Swimmers hope their friendly rivalry can be an example for cooperation across the troubled Taiwan Strait.

Al Jazeera · Aug 16, 2024

China squeezes Taiwan by targeting islands and fishing sites

Taiwanese fisherman Chen Zhi-rong says that for decades it was common to sail in waters that skirted the Chinese coastline. Since Beijing seized a boat and its crew for the first time in 17 years for violating a fishing ban — and continues to detain them — all that has…

The Times of India · Jul 24, 2024

Taiwanese Fishing Vessel Detained By China Near Kinmen Islands

China detains Taiwanese fishing vessel near Kinmen islands, raising tensions in the region. Taiwan demands immediate release of crew members to avoid harmi...

Taiwan's Kinmen Island Lives Life 'As Usual' Despite Chinese Drills

After a night at sea, fishers unloaded their haul on a port in Kinmen on Friday, saying there was "no real impact" from war games that Chinese forces were running around self-ruled Taiwan.

International Business Times · May 24, 2024

Taiwan And China: Different Views Across The Strait

Standing on the shore of Taiwan's Kinmen island, Taiwanese tourists snap photos of the skyline of China's Xiamen city that is clearly visible across the sliver of water separating them.

International Business Times · May 18, 2024

For Taiwan Shoppers, China's Malls Only A Ferry Ride Away

With suitcases and packages stuffed with food, alcohol and construction materials, Taiwanese shoppers make their way towards a ferry in the Chinese city of Xiamen bound for the Taipei-administered island of Kinmen.

International Business Times · May 17, 2024

For many Chinese, there are ‘more important things’ than Taiwan unification

Beijing has not ruled out using force to annex Taiwan, but there is little appetite for war among Chinese people.

Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2024

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Taiwan Urges China To Maintain Status Quo Near Kinmen Islands

Taiwan urges China to maintain status quo in Kinmen islands amid growing tensions over territorial disputes. International community closely watches develo...

On Taiwan’s islands of Kinmen, ‘that feeling of being stuck in between’ - Roll Call

An Oscar-nominated documentary short from S. Leo Chiang points to uncertainty in the Taiwan Strait. “How do I personalize this really complicated geopolitical situation?”

Roll Call · Feb 29, 2024

Taiwan Protests China's Boarding Of Tourist Boat Near Kinmen

Taiwan protests China's coast guard boarding of tourist boat near Kinmen archipelago, escalating tensions in the region.

Taipei protests after Chinese coast guards board Taiwanese tourist boat

Taiwan on Tuesday protested China’s boarding of a tourist boat, as tensions rise around the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China's coast but is controlled by Taiwan.

France 24 · Feb 20, 2024

China Increases Patrols Near Taiwan's Kinmen Amid Fishermen's Deaths

China increases patrols in waters near Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago after fishermen's deaths, raising tensions in the area.

Escaping Xi’s China by paddleboard: ‘I rushed into the water and thought if they catch me, they catch me’

Dissidents face an uncertain future in Taiwan and South Korea after fleeing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

‘A small fish in a sea of sharks’: The isle caught between China and Taiwan

Amid tensions with China, people on the longtime Taiwanese frontline island of Kinmen warn against a return to war.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2023

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The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

Taiwan's president renews her pledge to stronger self defense during visit to war memorial

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense as she visited a war memorial from the last time Taiwan and China battled

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

‘A Trojan horse’? Taiwanese islands weigh plan for ‘peace bridge’ to China

Proposal to create demilitarised zone on Kinmen islands reflects feeling that close ties with Beijing are inevitable

WEKU · May 29, 2023

How Taiwan used women's voices to send secret messages into China and woo defectors

Decades ago, Taiwan set up propaganda broadcast stations on islands right off the coast of mainland China. One of its key tools: women's voices.

Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2023

Taiwan says it hopes to bring back soldier who went to China

The soldier disappeared last week from the front-line island of Kinmen before being discovered in China.

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Al Jazeera · Sep 1, 2022

Taiwan’s military shoots down first drone over Kinmen island

Move comes after Taiwan said it will use live ammunition to bring down Chinese drones flying over its territory.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Taiwan shoots down drone for first time off Chinese coast

Taiwan's military for the first time shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an islet off the Chinese coast on Thursday, after the government vowed to take tough measures to deal with an increase in such intrusions.

Reuters · Aug 25, 2022

Taiwan to deploy drone defence systems after rock-throwing video emerges

Taiwan will next year begin deploying drone defence systems on its offshore islands, the defence ministry said, after footage emerged of Taiwanese soldiers throwing stones at a Chinese drone that buzzed a guard post near China's coast.

ABC News · Aug 16, 2022

As Xi Jinping ordered missiles to be fired over Taiwan, some residents on these tiny Kinmen islands feared a return to the past

The remnants of the last war with China are everywhere on the main island of Kinmen and the smaller "Little Kinmen". And after Beijing sent a military drone over its waters this month, the threat of another looms large.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2022

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

On the outlying islands, mainland China is less than five kilometres away and memories of bombardment strong.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2022

‘All we can hope for is peace’: the view from Kinmen, once the cold war frontline between China and Taiwan

Many in the Taiwanese islands can remember living under years of ferocious bombardment from Chinese forces

Reuters · Mar 16, 2022

On Taiwanese island, drills underscore strategic importance and vulnerability

Taiwan held live fire drills in its northernmost territory on Wednesday, putting the spotlight on a remote island that is strategically located at a chokepoint near China - and potentially vulnerable to attack.

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