On Sunday, the local government of Kinmen, the island of Taiwan, organized a warm welcome ceremony for the first tour group from the Chinese mainland since the pandemic, a Kinmen official told the ...

From the Kinmen Islands, a Taiwanese outpost just three kilometers at its closest point from China, residents can stand on a beach and look across at the growing forest of skyscrapers in the Chinese ...

Remnants of military conflict surround Zhang Zhong Jie's cafe. The coffee shop sits within an abandoned military fortification, its entrance surrounded by rusting tanks. It's a scene the citizens of ...

Last month, China empowered its coast guard to board any vessels in waters it considers its own. That includes the waters around one Taiwanese island where residents have long been caught in the ...

Reporting from Jinsha Township, Taiwan — Yang Yuan-tan dangled a fishing rod off the end of a narrow concrete pier that was once on the front lines of China’s efforts to take Taiwan. The Chinese ...

STORY: On Kinmen, Taiwan’s distant outpost that hugs the Chinese coast, a crumbling, decaying site is a reminder of decades of warfare. These broken wooden seats belong to a long-abandoned cinema. It ...

The frequency of China Coast Guard law enforcement patrols in the waters near Kinmen Island has increased markedly this month. In the process, the CCG is taking practical measures to maintain the ...

Since May, the frequency of law enforcement patrols by the China Coast Guard (CCG) in waters near Kinmen Islands have been on an upward trend - with five patrols in less than two weeks in May, showing ...

Boat tours around Kinmen are still operating, though under a closer watch by Taiwan’s coast guard. Officers visit each boat before they set sail and warn captains not to stray into Chinese waters. But ...

The days of chronic water shortages in the Kinmen archipelago are numbered. After two decades of negotiations, Fujian Provincial Water Supply Co signed a contract on Monday with Kinmen County ...