The formerly militarised Jiou Gong Tunnel complex on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (K...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Coastal defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

People cleaning-up flotsam from a beach containing defensive infrastructure on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's n...

The view from a formerly fully-manned coastal defensive post on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island towards Xiamen on the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Cattle graze in a former mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, a tiny territory littered with relics of the Cold War which lies around 150 miles from Taiwan, but only two miles from mainland Chin...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Cattle graze in a former mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, a tiny territory littered with relics of the Cold War which lies around 150 miles from Taiwan, but only two miles from mainland Chin...

A man takes a nap during the short ferry ride from Kinmen's main island to Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's natio...

A visitor rides a bicycle past soldier mannequins outside a coastal defensive post on on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, which is now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Foll...

Soldier mannequins outside a coastal defensive post on on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, which is now more a tourist attraction for those curious about the Cold War. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai...

A domestic Taiwanese tourist takes a picture at a view point on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island looking towards Shiyu Islet and the Chinese mainland. Beside the binocular stand is a manequin soldier also...

A domestic Taiwanese tourist looking through the wrong end of a tower viewer which is mounted at a view point on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island looking towards the Chinese mainland. Beside the binocular...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

Taiwanese domestic tourists look at the coast of the Chinese mainland, just a few miles away, through high-powered binoculars at a military outpost on Xiao (Little) Kinmen. Following the retreat of C...

The August 23 Artillery Battle Victory Monument (with the Victory Gate behind) in the centre of a roundabout on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island commemorating the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (23 August â€...

Passengers disembark from the ferry that plies the short route between Kinmen's main island and Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of...

A row of electric scooters available for rent near the ferry terminal on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's natio...

A village on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the en...

A village on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the en...

An old artillery piece kept on display in a bunker on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (...

A statue of the Goddess Matzu (Mazu) beside an old artillery piece kept on display in a bunker on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat o...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, and the gleaming skyscrapers of Xiamen on the Chinese mainland beyond, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following t...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance, a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-...

A manequin soldier keeps vigil on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island against the risk of invasion from the Chinese mainland, visible in the distance a mile or two away. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-s...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

Angled metal spikes, positioned to repel amphibious invasion, line a beach on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's na...

A calf grazes in a field that was formerly a mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the end o...

A calf grazes in a field that was formerly a mine field on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at the end o...

The August 23 Artillery Battle Victory Monument (with the Victory Gate behind) in the centre of a roundabout on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island commemorating the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (23 August â€...

Beach defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese Mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces to Taiwan (Formosa) at t...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese Mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang K...

A visitor plays among the beach defences on Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese Mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) force...

Shiyu Islet, a forward observation post controlled by the Taiwanese military, seen from Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese Mainland. Following the retreat of Chiang K...

Tourists visit Chen Ching-lan's Mansion, which was built in 1921. Chen made his money in Singapore and Belitung (an island rich in tin ore) in Indonesia. In 1922 Chen established the first steamship s...

Lanterns illuminate the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Island specialities.

Lanterns illuminate the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Island specialities.

Lanterns illuminate the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Island specialities.

Peggy Lee (left) and Lin Chiaoyin, Kinmen natives who run a coffee stand on Cihu Beach.

Ms Huang, Kinmen resident and owner of a souvenir store located on the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement stands in front of her shop.

A domestic tourists with their luggage await transport on the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

A domestic tourist with her luggage awaits transport on the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

Tourists from mainland Taiwan visiting the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Island specialities.

Tourists from mainland Taiwan visiting the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Island specialities.

Workers paint a fence in front of the KMT (Kuomintang political party) HQ in downtown Jincheng.

A cluster of ornate ancient temples in the centre of downtown Jincheng, the main settlement on Kinmen Island.

Ancient stone markers depicting the boundary of one family's land, now left standing as part of the general street architecture in downtown Jincheng.

Detail of the decoration on a side door to one of the ancient temples in the centre of downtown Jincheng, the main settlement on Kinmen Island.

A street scene in front of a small, local temple in downtown Jincheng, the main settlement on Kinmen Island.

An elderly resident pushes her bicycle past a typical old house and a grabber game machine.

A foreign care worker (left) accompanies an elderly Kinmen resident on their daily exercises in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

A young student on Kinmen passes down an ornate arched alleyway in downtown Jincheng, the main settlement on the island.

Design detail of a window in a traditional old residence in Jincheng Town, the main settlement of Kinmen.

A girl, resident of Kinmen, rides her bike along Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

General view of pedestrians and Taiwan's national flags along the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Islan...

General view of pedestrians and Taiwan's national flags along the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Islan...

General view of pedestrians and Taiwan's national flags along the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Islan...

General view of pedestrians and Taiwan's national flags along the Old Street in Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement. The street is a major tourist hot spot and also a place to find stores selling Islan...

A small shrine and narrow backstreet in downtown Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

A small shrine and narrow backstreet in downtown Jincheng, Kinmen's main settlement.

Evening street scene with ornate architecture in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main population settlement.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in downtown Jincheng, Kinmen's largest town. A significant number of Kinmen residents are Christians, and there is a recent influx of Filippino care workers,...

A variety of brands of Kinmen's famous Kaoliang Liquor - a spirit distilled from sorghum and one of the major export earners for the island - displayed in a store window in Jincheng, Kinmen's main tow...

A variety of brands of Kinmen's famous Kaoliang Liquor - a spirit distilled from sorghum and one of the major export earners for the island - displayed in a store window in Jincheng, Kinmen's main tow...

One of the many ornate temples in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main town.

One of the many ornate temples in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main town.

Evening street scene with ornate memorial arch honouring the virtuous wife of Ching Dynasty General Chiu Chih-jen in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main population settlement.

Evening street scene with ornate memorial arch honoring the virtuous wife of Ching Dynasty General Chiu Chih-jen architecture in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main population settlement.

One of the many ornate temples in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main town.

One of the many ornate temples in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main town.

Evening street scene with ornate architecture in central Jincheng, Kinmen's main population settlement.