Kinmen
About Kinmen
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of Taiwan, only 10 km (6 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen is also 187 km (116 mi) west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.
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Kinmen is a tiny Taiwanese island very close to the mainland of China.
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More facts about Kinmen
During their shelling war China bombed Kinmen on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and Kinmen bombed back on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with Sundays off.
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After years of China's shelling campaign, knife makers on Kinmen now have huge stocks of old artillery shells.
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