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The outpost In 1949 Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist forces were fleeing mainland China, pursued by the communist People’s Liberation Army. They headed for sanctuary on a series of islands off the coast including Taiwan, where they installed the government of the Republic of China. Determined to crush their rivals for good, the communists launched a force of 9,000 […]
The Chinese government has vowed to take Taiwan by force if necessary. The island of Kinmen still bears the scars of a bloody civil war that raged for 20 years.