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> swam to Mainland China Really now?
by markdog12 6y ago
> swam to Mainland China
Really now?
- junar 6y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jul/27/worldbank.china https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jul/27/worldbank.c... He swam from Kinmen, a small island about 2 miles from the mainland.
- markdog12 6y agoI figured it must be islands, but didn't know there were some so close.
- bigpumpkin 6y ago"As a captain in the Republic of China Army in Taiwan, he defected to Mainland China on May 17, 1979, from the island of Kinmen off the coast of Fujian to the nearby island of Xiamen of Mainland China."[1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yifu_Lin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yifu_Lin I was also dubious. The swim was from Kinmen to Xiamen (~6 km)
- T-A 6y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jul/27/worldbank.china https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jul/27/worldbank.c... It's only a couple of kilometers from the Kinmen to Xiamen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmen