Xiamen

alternative Hsiamen · alternative Hsia-men · alternative Siamen

1. A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.

   The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- had gathered in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen hoping to counter accusations that the group of big emerging economies was drifting apart and becoming irrelevant.

   2017 September 4, “BRICS meets in shadow of North Korea bombshell”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2017, Live news

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   For the past month Beijing has routinely sent drones over the Kinmen islands, which are about six miles from the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen. Recently China started to release high-resolution, close-range drone video of military facilities on Kinmen.

   2022 September 1, Didi Tang, “Taiwan shoots down Chinese drone”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022, World

   After the incident, Taiwan said five Chinese surveillance ships on Monday had entered prohibited or restricted waters of the Kinmen Islands, located a few kilometers from the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, home to more than 100,000 Taiwanese.

   2024 February 28, “China tells Taiwan to explain death of 2 fishermen near Kinmen Islands”, in EFE, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024

   Synonyms: Amoy