VIDEO Taiwan anxiety rises as China sabre rattling grows.
Tank traps on the beaches of Kinmen Island are stark reminders that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion -- and fears of a conflict breaking out are now at their highest in decades
Tank traps on the beaches of Kinmen Island are stark reminders that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion -- and fears of a conflict breaking out are now at their highest in decades
'China is angry': Taiwan anxiety rises as sabre-rattling grows.
Democratic Taiwan has learned to live warnings from China's authoritarian leaders that they will seize the island but that background static is reaching hard-to-ignore levels
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📸 Sam Yeh
Democratic Taiwan has learned to live warnings from China's authoritarian leaders that they will seize the island but that background static is reaching hard-to-ignore levels
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📸 Sam Yeh
Taiwan blacksmith turns Chinese artillery shells into knives.
In a contemporary twist on beating swords into ploughshares, Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong has forged a career converting Chinese artillery shells once fired in anger into kitchen knives
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In a contemporary twist on beating swords into ploughshares, Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong has forged a career converting Chinese artillery shells once fired in anger into kitchen knives
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AFP graphic comparing the estimated military spending of China and Taiwan, according to the SIPRI 2019 report
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