‘Island In Between’ Doc Puts Focus On Taiwan-China

At their nearest point, Taiwan and mainland China are less than a hundred miles apart. But historically and politically - for over 70 years - a broad gulf has separated them. In the case of the Kinmen Islands, part of Taiwan, the paradox between geography and history is even more stark: the islands sit but a few miles from the mainland city of Xiamen, in the increasingly fraught waters of the Taiwan Strait. The opening frames of the Oscar-nominated short film Island in Between, directed by S. Leo Chiang, show an old tank moored on a sandy beach of Kinmen,…