A statue of solder holding the Taiwanese flag in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Xiamen seen from a bunker in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Wu Yuan, 35 years old swimmer from Xiamen, China in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Anti-landing barriers on a beach in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Chinese and Taiwanese participants of the swimming contest in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
Cho Chengchi, 25 years old swimmer from Taipei, Taiwan poses on the beach before the swimming contest in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
A Chinese swimmer gets ready for the contest on the beach in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
Chinese and Taiwanese swimmers start to swim toward Ximane, China, on the beach in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
Chinese and Taiwanese swimmers start to swim toward Ximane, China, on the beach in Kinmen Island, Taiwan on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
A signage reads “One country, two systems: reunify China” in Xiamen, Fujian on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
The swimming contest award ceremony at the Xianglu International Hotel in Xiamen, Fujian on Saturday, July 21, 2024.
Chinese and Taiwanese swimmers swimming across the Taiwan Strait during the swimming contest on Saturday, July 21, 2024.