The event is the first of its kind in 60 years. Jointly sponsored by Xiamen and Kinmen, it would be a symbol of cross-Straits peace, Kinmen leader Lee Chu-feng said Monday.

金门县长李炷烽15日表示，这场60年来首次举行的厦金海域泳渡活动象征两岸和平。

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Now we're quite close to Kinmen.

那我们现在离金门已经很近了。

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The video is about the life histories of Hoopoe in Kinmen.

这部片就是叙述戴胜在金门的生活史。

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But it was only two years ago that anyone outside Kinmen had heard about it (through some well-placed advertorials no less).

BBC: Overcoming 40 years of solitude on Kinmen Island

For most of the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912), Kinmen had grown wealthy with trade, and clan competed with clan to display status via their homes.

BBC: Overcoming 40 years of solitude on Kinmen Island

Residents are understandably less excited about the opening of former military sites, like the tunnels they used to huddle into for thrice-weekly drills (Kinmen is one of the most dug-into places in the world).

BBC: Overcoming 40 years of solitude on Kinmen Island