Taiwan's Matsu islands cut off

Taiwan has controlled the Kinmen and Matsu islands, which lay just off the Chinese coast, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao ...
Two ageing subsea telecoms cables serving Taiwan's Matsu archipelago have stopped functioning, with the outages blamed on "natural deterioration", Taipei communication officials said on Wednesday.
As Beijing’s warships surround the island, many fear that Xi Jinping will enact his ‘political destiny’ sooner rather than ...