EditorialOld anti-landing barricades line the shore along a beach in Kinmen, an outlying island of Taiwan, on Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialChiang Chung-chieh, co-owner of San Jiao Fort Cafe, which affords a view across six miles of water from atop an old military bunker of mainland China?s city of Xiamen, at the Kinmen Island, Taiwan business, Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialOld anti-landing barricades line the shore along a beach in Kinmen, an outlying island of Taiwan, on Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialOld anti-landing barricades line the shore along a beach in Kinmen, an outlying island of Taiwan, on Nov. 18, 2021. The Chinese city of Xiamen is visible in the distance. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialAnti-tank fortifications from previous conflicts line the shore of a beach in Kinmen, Taiwan — with a view of mainland China in the distance — on Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialAnti-tank fortifications from previous conflicts line the shore of a beach in Kinmen — an outlying island controlled by Taiwan — with a view of China in the distance on Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)
EditorialAnti-tank fortifications from previous conflicts line the shore of a beach in Kinmen, Taiwan — with a view of mainland China in the distance — on Nov. 18, 2021. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)