On Taiwan’s Matsu islands, close to China’s coast, one topic has been driving conversations: prospects of an invasion by China since it began military exercises in response to visits to Taiwan by US lawmakers.
Held by Taiwan since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a Chinese civil war, the archipelago of small islands, less than 10 kilometers from China’s coast at the closest point, would probably be an early target for Beijing in the event of conflict.
While there has been no heightened sense of alarm among the people of Taiwan, the tension has highlighted the Matsu islands’ vulnerability. The rocky Matsu islands, like the rest of Taiwan, have lived with the threat of Chinese invasion since 1949.Today, they are a fashionable tourist destination, with hip coffee shops and boutique hotels, visitors being drawn by the islets’ stark natural beauty and wartime past.
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