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The 30-minute ferries, which cross the Taiwan Strait, were launched in 2001 as part of the ‘Mini-Three-Links’ between China and Taiwan. More than 1.5 million passengers traveled by ferry in 2014 between Fujian, in China, and Kinmen. Since 2015, Chinese tourists traveling to Kinmen can easily get visas on arrival.

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The 30-minute ferries, which cross the Taiwan Strait, were launched in 2001 as part of the ‘Mini-Three-Links’ between China and Taiwan. More than 1.5 million passengers traveled by ferry in 2014 between Fujian, in China, and Kinmen. Since 2015, Chinese tourists traveling to Kinmen can easily get visas on arrival.