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This picture taken on August 11, 2022 shows Taiwanese engineer Huang Zi-chen posing for a photo at a construction site on the Kinmen islands. - While the Kinmen Islands once served as a natural barrier to invasion, Beijing can now easily bypass them with its superpower armoury of missiles, jets and aircraft carriers. - TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-military-politics, FOCUS by Amber WANG (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) / TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-military-politics, FOCUS by Amber WANG (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

This picture taken on August 11, 2022 shows Taiwanese engineer Huang Zi-chen posing for a photo at a construction site on the Kinmen islands. - While the Kinmen Islands once served as a natural barrier to invasion, Beijing can now easily bypass them with its superpower armoury of missiles, jets and aircraft carriers. - TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-military-politics, FOCUS by Amber WANG (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) / TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-military-politics, FOCUS by Amber WANG (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)