Hundreds of thousands of Chinese shells pummelled Taiwan’s Kinmen island during the cold war, killing many and terrifying the family of Wu Zeng-dong and others.
Today the 58-year-old turns these spent shells into souvenirs, shaping the metal into high-quality kitchen knives and selling them to the surging number of tourists visiting from China since restrictions were relaxed in 2008.
Mr Wu is one of many residents riding a tourism boom on an island just a few kilometres from the prosperous Chinese city of Xiamen.
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