The harbor of Nangan island, part of Taiwan’s Matsu islands, with a view of China’s Fujian province, on Monday, April 10, 2023. AFP PHOTO
The harbor of Nangan island, part of Taiwan’s Matsu islands, with a view of China’s Fujian province, on Monday, April 10, 2023. AFP PHOTO
The harbor of Nangan island, part of Taiwan's Matsu islands, with a view of China's Fujian province, on Monday, April 10, 2023. AFP PHOTO

MATSU, Taiwan: At a beach on a windswept Taiwanese archipelago just a few miles from mainland China, Lin Ke-qiang offers a gloomy prediction: should war ever break out with Beijing, his island does not stand a chance.

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