Kinmen Residents Unfazed by China's Latest Military Exercises
People living in Taiwan's Kinmen islands say they're not worried about China's latest round of military exercises targeting Taiwan, despite them taking place close to their shores.
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00:00Here, on Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Islands, just kilometers away from China, life is going
00:05on as normal.
00:07China has not surrounded Kinmen's main islands this time, unlike the military exercises China
00:12launched in May.
00:13Instead, they're happening to the north of here, around Kinmen's small northern islands.
00:18And Coast Guard vessels from China's Fujian province are doing law enforcement patrols
00:22and inspections around Taiwan's Matsu Islands, which is also part of the exercises.
00:27Kinmen's Coast Guard has also picked up a Chinese citizen who has defected to Taiwan,
00:32and officials say they are not ruling out a connection to the drills.
00:36But here in Kinmen, many say the drills have no effect on their lives.
00:57While many Kinmen residents are unconcerned by moves by China's military, they also say
01:11it's important to keep peace.
01:41While these waters may look quiet, Kinmen remains the front line between Taiwan and
01:49China, leaving it in the middle of tensions between the two sides.
01:53Ryan Wu, Peachy Zhuang, and Cadence Cuaranta for Taiwan Plus.