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Taiwan s Kinmen island, located 200 kilometers from Taiwan island but only seven kilometers from the Chinese mainland, is preparing to vote in a crucial presidential election on Saturday. Kinmen, which lies 200 kilometers from Taiwan island but only seven kilometers from the Chinese mainland, was a battlefield frontline for nationalists who fled to Taiwan in 1949 and was the target of frequent bombardments up until 1979.
WashingtonUnited-statesChinaBeijingXiamenFujianTaipeiT-ai-peiTaiwanLieyuKinmenJinmen-xianSpikes jut from the beaches of Taiwan's Kinmen island, military checkpoints serve as traffic roundabouts and bunkers double up as tourist cafes reminders everywhere of the conflict decades earlier with Chinese communist forces.Kinmen, which lies 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Taiwan island but only seven kilometres from the Chinese mainland, was a battlefield frontline for the nationalists who fled to Taiwan in 1949, and the target of frequent bombardments up until 1979.
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