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Kinmen: The Taiwanese islands next to China

What's it like to live on the edge of the one of the world’s most enduring flashpoints?

Sitting just a few kilometres away from mainland China, the tiny Kinmen islands are in an unusual situation.

Beijing says they and Taiwan are a part of China, they're a breakaway province, and it wants them back, by force if necessary.

As tensions rise, Ed Butler visits Kinmen to discover how this most exposed population feels about Beijing's claim - and hear about plans to build a bridge to connect the islands with the Chinese mainland.

Produced and presented by Ed Butler.

(Image: A beach on Kinmen Island, with sea defences)

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18 minutes

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Mon 11 Dec 2023 08:32GMT

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