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This picture taken on August 11, 2022 shows Taiwanese veteran Yang Yin-shih speaking during an interview with AFP on the Kinmen islands. - Beyond rusted-out tanks and anti-landing spikes on the beaches of a Taiwanese island, 92-year-old veteran Yang Yin-shih reads his local newspaper in the shadow of the enemy that regularly adorns its pages. - 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 veteran Yang Yin-shih speaking during an interview with AFP on the Kinmen islands. - Beyond rusted-out tanks and anti-landing spikes on the beaches of a Taiwanese island, 92-year-old veteran Yang Yin-shih reads his local newspaper in the shadow of the enemy that regularly adorns its pages. - 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)