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Taiwan detains Jiangsu man who tried to sneak in illegally on raft

Hong Kong Standard 04 Oct 2020
A Chinese man suspected of trying to illegally enter Taiwan's outlying Kinmen county using a ... Kinmen County is comprised of two main islands -- Greater and Lesser Kinmen -- and a group of smaller islets, and is located only 2 kilometers from the mainland city of Xiamen.
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CGA nabs second Chinese man swimming to Kinmen

Taipei Times 11 Aug 2019
In Saturday’s incident, military personnel stationed on Lesser Kinmen, also known as Lieyu (烈嶼), reported seeing an inflatable object at sea about 500m away from a maritime patrol station and asked the Kinmen Coast Guard patrol squad to help identify it, the squad said.
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Kinmen Bridge to open by mid-2021, Minister Lin says

Taipei Times 11 Aug 2019
The Kinmen ... Lin made the statement after watching Freeway Bureau personnel finish installing the last pile for the bridge, which connects the main Kinmen island and Leiyu Township (烈嶼, on Lesser Kinmen) ... The Kinmen Bridge would help connect the two islands in every way, he said.
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Taiwan’s Kinmen leans toward China

Taipei Times 08 Jun 2016
Kinmen County’s Lieyu Township (烈嶼), encompassing what is known as Lesser Kinmen Island, is not controlled by the People’s Republic of China, nor is the much larger Kinmen Island nearby, even though both sit on the approaches to one of China’s busiest ports ... Kinmen, formerly called Quemoy, was once a household name in the US.
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Caught Between China and Taiwan, and Leaning Toward China

New York Times 07 Jun 2016
The people of Lieyu Township on Lesser Kinmen Island are linked to Taipei, but have prospered as trade and tourism with the mainland have blossomed ... .
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Documentary highlights plight of crabs

Taipei Times 27 Jun 2014
The documentary tells the story of how the port’s construction destroyed the crab’s habitat on the outlying island of Kinmen and forced local fishermen to leave their homes ... The crab larvae are placed in the intertidal zone of Lesser Kinmen (小金門), where they are allowed to grow freely, the institute said.
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Mayor Visits Lesser Kinmen to Thank Troops on the Eve of Dragon Boat Festival (Taipei City Government)

noodls 10 Jun 2013
(Source. Taipei City Government) ... ... .... Share.. City News. Mayor Visits Lesser Kinmen to Thank Troops on the Eve of Dragon Boat Festival. Joining Taipei City Council members on a visit to Kinmen, Taipei City Mayor Hau Lung-bin arrived at Lesser Kinmen's Lieyu Township on June 10th ... Their effort is truly admirable, remarked the mayor ... Hit. 9 Updated.
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Public Construction Commission eyes plan for utility ducts

Taipei Times 12 Mar 2012
You’ve got to have a plan.” ... In related news, the National Expressway Engineering Bureau said the Kinmen Bridge project was scheduled to begin in May, adding that construction could be completed in 2016 if everything went as planned ... The 5.4km Kinmen Bridge will connect Greater Kinmen and Lesser Kinmen. .
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Taiwan detains fishermen; Fujian urges release

China Daily 26 Jan 2011
2011-01-26 13.43.46.0Taiwan detains fishermen; Fujian urges releaseChinese mainland,Taiwan,fishermen11038541Taiwan2@webnews/enpproperty--> ... A fishing boat was seized and the four crew from the mainland's Fujian province were arrested by a Taiwan patrol in waters near Lesser Kinmen Island on Jan 14 ... .
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Chinese man arrested after swimming to Kinmen

Taipei Times 11 Aug 2008
The man, identified as Jia Wei (賈偉), 40, told the coast guard he spent eight hours swimming from the Chinese city of Xiamen to Lesser Kinmen (小金門), a tiny islet off Kinmen, they said ... Troops stationed at Lesser Kinmen caught another Chinese man, Yu Shuirong (余水榮), who also swam to the islet from Xiamen.
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Panda politics in Taiwan

International Herald Tribune 11 Feb 2008
. ... Today in Opinion ... "Meanwhile people can't feed their families." ... Taiwan was allowed to join the World Trade Organization in 2002, but only as the "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu," the unwieldy name (including three lesser islands) devised to avoid the politically sensitive term "Chinese Taiwan." ... .
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Three small links fail to excite Kinmen

Taipei Times 30 Oct 2005
A year ago, the people of Kinmen were expecting thousands of tourists from China ... The great-crested grebes are flocking to Kinmen ... Together with great cormorants and lesser-pied kingfishers, they come in the thousands ... Over 15,000 port calls have been made in Kinmen and Matsu since 2001, with 55 percent being Chinese cargo ships.
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