https://www.scmp.com/rss/323865/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Mounds of sand sit beneath a row of pile drivers on Dadeng Island, where the Chinese city of Xiamen ( 廈門 ) is building a new airport on reclaimed land. Syril Hung sighs, awestruck. The retired editor is looking through binoculars from Kinmen, a nearby island that belongs to Taiwan. On a clear day like this, sand-dredging barges can be seen working non-stop in the 2km stretch of water separating the two. “My heart is heavy,” he says. “It feels like they are getting closer and closer. This is the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2061535/taiwans-cold-war-island-begins-thaw?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2061535/taiwans-cold-war-island-begins-thaw?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jan 2017 03:00:00 +0000