Kinmen Island: A Potential Flashpoint for Sino-US Military Conflict

China's sand dredger is seen from an observatory in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Sept. 24, 2022. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

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Kinmen Island is famous in history for the 8.23 Artillery Battle between China and Taiwan, which began on Aug. 23, 1958, and ended on Jan. 1, 1979. It lasted for over twenty years and was drawn to a close on the same day that China and the United States established diplomatic relations.