Taipei Times
Date: Jan 02, 2018
By: Wu Cheng-ting / Staff reporter
Kinmen’s Mofan Street (模範街) has become a new sightseeing spot for tourists from across
People yesterday look at Republic of China “white sun” and People’s Republic of China “five star” flags displayed along the two sides of Mofan Street in Kinmen County’s Jincheng Township. Photo: Wu Cheng-ting, Taipei Times
the Strait after it was decorated with a sea of flags of both the Republic of China (ROC) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Local residents might fly the national flag during Double Ten National Day, but during the New Year holiday the street, which was built in 1924, was lined with national flags on one side and Chinese flags on the other. Many visitors were seen taking pictures and sharing them on social media.
Two Chinese visitors from Xiamen in China’s Fujian Province said it felt good to see their country’s familiar five-star flags.
The two flags facing one another on the street “symbolize that the two sides of the Strait can coexist and prosper together,” a Taiwanese surnamed Lee (李) said. [FULL STORY]
