A tale of two cities: Xiamen, PRC vs Taipei, ROC

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A tale of two cities: Xiamen, PRC vs Taipei, ROC

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Taipei back to back. Located across the Taiwan Strait from each other, the cities are very similar in many ways: economically prosperous, around 5 million population, balmy subtropical climates, coastal locations with plenty of seafood, speak Minnan and Mandarin, and are both popular tourist destinations. Yet there is one very obvious difference: after 1949, Xiamen on the m…