Taiwan

CCP Eyes Taiwan Island 4 Miles From Mainland China

Taiwan’s outlying islands are the most at risk of CCP aggression, but experts are divided on how to defend them.
CCP Eyes Taiwan Island 4 Miles From Mainland China
Taiwan's remote Shihyu islet is seen behind the anti-landing spikes on Taiwan's frontline island of Little Kinmen, on Dec. 5, 2023. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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Residents of Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands can see the towers of China’s Xiamen even on a cloudy day.

It was in Kinmen, just 4 miles from mainland China, that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) failed to wipe out its opposition before it fled to Taiwan during the closing phases of a brutal civil war 75 years ago.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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