From his custom-designed home atop a rugged hill in Taiwan's Matsu island group, 59-year-old Chen Tzu-kai gazes across the narrow East China Sea towards China's coastline. A retired school principal and fourth-generation Matsu islander, Chen now devotes his time to renting rooms to tourists, enjoying good tea, and practicing inkbrush painting. His life embodies the unique blend of cultural and geographic influences that characterize the Matsu Islands.

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