Kinmen in a sentence

If China were to attack Taiwan, Kinmen could be an early focus for its People’s Liberation Army.

The U.S. Department of Defense has outlined several possible options, including a joint blockade, a seizure of an offshore island like Kinmen, and a large-scale invasion of the island.

Today, the signs of war that once ravaged these islands play an integral part of Kinmen’s economy, with its many military relics making it a popular destination for visitors from both mainland China and Taiwan.

A senior Taiwan official familiar with the island’s security planning said that Beijing is exerting pressure “day in and day out” ahead of Lai’s inauguration speech on May 20, and that the Kinmen situation was another “grey zone” tactic.

China says it alone has sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait, and that it also recognises no "off limits" waters for its fisherman around Kinmen.

In a statement, Taiwan’s Kinmen defense command said it had not received any request from Chinese authorities to search the island, but added that any survivors found would be handed to the coast guard.

Irene Lee, a Chinese commentator, recommended the use of "folk methods" involving thousands of fishing boats demonstrating at sea surrounding Kinmen, holding up photos of the deceased and demanding severe punishment of the murderer.

It was carrying four people and capsized on Feb 14 near Kinmen while Taiwan's coast guard was pursuing it, leaving two dead.

Located just a few miles from mainland China is a series of islands known as Kinmen––islands under the jurisdiction of Taiwan.

The most likely bridge route would connect to Xiamen via this airport, said Kinmen's deputy mayor, Li Wen-liang.

The standoff lasted 32 minutes before Taiwan’s coast guard escorted the boat back to Kinmen.

This means that the outbreak of a hot kinetic conflict following a PRC annexation of Kinmen is quite likely, and other regional powers such as Japan, but also the U.S., would be involved whether they like it or not.

Two Chinese fishermen drowned in February when their boat capsized as it was fleeing Taiwan’s coast guard after the fishermen entered restricted waters near Kinmen.

From Kinmen, the Black Dragon’s 14-mile range can reach Xiamen, a city of five million people along China’s southeast coast.

In Kinmen, identity and politics are entangled.

The typhoon also halted ferry services between Xiamen and Kinmen in Taiwan, and between Pingtan and Taiwan’s Taichung.

The islands of Kinmen and Matsu near the coast of Fujian across the Taiwan Strait have a total area of convert;sfn the Pratas and Taiping islets in the South China Sea are also administered by Taiwan but are not part of the Taiwanese archipelago.